http://www.no-bases.org/ News about campaigns against foreign militairy bases world-wide. Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/us_missile_interceptors_planned_for_romania_by_2015   The U.S. State Department confirmed the statement by Romanian President Traian Basescu that his nation would become part of the European missile shield. "The choice of Romania extends the missile defense into southern Europe, and we expected, in this phase, this will be online by 2015," said agency spokesman P.J. Crowley last Thursday. By GSN Crowley said discussions with other nations on joint missile defense efforts are ongoing. "For example, Poland agreed last October, in principle, to… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/us_missile_interceptors_planned_for_romania_by_2015 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/romania_accepts_us_invitation_to_host_anti_missile_shield_ President Traian Basescu announced on Thursday (4 February) that Romania's Supreme Defence Council had accepted an invitation from US President Obama to host an anti-missile shield. EurActiv Romania reports. Basescu insisted that the project is in his country's interest and is not directed against Russia. "The new system is not directed against Russia. I repeat: Romania is not hosting a system directed against Russia, but against other threats," Basescu stated. He added that the old US missile defence… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/romania_accepts_us_invitation_to_host_anti_missile_shield_ Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/50_activists_enter_quot_dal_molin_quot_base_and_chain_them_selves_to_the_cranes Fifty women and men of Vicenza entered today in the construction site of the new US military base at Dal Molin and chained themselves to the cranes and the working machineries used to build the foundations of the military installation, and that every day are damaging the "vicentina" groundwater. Recent surveys have produced evidence of unjustified increase of water level in some residential areas. «Today we want set legality as first priority - they declared passing the fence of… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/50_activists_enter_quot_dal_molin_quot_base_and_chain_them_selves_to_the_cranes Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/blenheim_sun_reports_on_quot_courageous_quot_protests_at_waihopai_spy_base_ Up to 40 banner-waving demonstrators shouted "close Waihopai down" as a protest took place on Saturday both in Blenheim and at the spy base station. Organiser of  the protest, Murray Horton of the Anti-bases Campaign, welcomed protesters from Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch to Blenheim where speeches and messages of support were read out before a march through the town. By Richard Miller for Blenheim Sun Mr Horton said he was pleased with the "quite good turnout" and praised the local… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/blenheim_sun_reports_on_quot_courageous_quot_protests_at_waihopai_spy_base_ Thu, 07 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/yemen_to_let_us_setup_air_base_on_its_soil Yemen's government is to allow the US to set up a military base on its territory, a political analyst says. The US can no longer rely on Yemen's government to fight al-Qaeda because it is losing its legitimacy and becoming weaker, Ali Al-Ahmed, a political analyst told Press TV on Wednesday. Al-Ahmed added that his sources have reveled that the Yemeni government has decided to let the US military establish the air base on an island called Socotra located at the coast of Yemen. According to the Saudi… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/yemen_to_let_us_setup_air_base_on_its_soil Thu, 07 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/the_question_no_us_official_dare_ask It is time to ask a question that virtually no one in an official or political position in the United States is willing to contemplate asking. For a person in a responsible public position to pose this question would be to risk exclusion from the realm of "serious" policy discussion. It could be, as they say in the bureaucracies, "a career destroyer." By William Pfaff It would be like declaring that after long analysis you had come to the conclusion that the world is indeed flat, and not round.… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/the_question_no_us_official_dare_ask Wed, 06 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/_waihopai_spybase_protest_january_22_24 The Waihopai spybase was dragged into the public spotlight in April 2008 when three Ploughshares peace activists penetrated its high security and deflated one of the two domes concealing its satellite dishes from the NZ public. The Anti-Bases Campaign was happy to support this non-violent direct action anti-war activity (which is yet to come to trial). The public face of New Zealand's role as an American ally is the NZ military presence in Afghanistan. But New Zealand's most significant contribution… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/_waihopai_spybase_protest_january_22_24 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/an_alliance_larger_than_one_issue SEEN from Tokyo, America's relationship with Japan faces a crisis. The immediate problem is deadlock over a plan to move an American military base on the island of Okinawa. It sounds simple, but this is an issue with a long back story that could create a serious rift with one of our most crucial allies. Joseph S. Nye Jr., for the New York Times When I was in the Pentagon more than a decade ago, we began planning to reduce the burden that our presence places on Okinawa, which houses more than half… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/an_alliance_larger_than_one_issue Tue, 05 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/u_s_deploys_fleet_of_interceptor_missile_ships_to_mediterranean USS Ramage destroyer heads from Norfolk to Mediterranean. "Last year when we deployed, we were the only ballistic missile defense ship on the East Coast." In this deployment, the Ramage will be joined by several more ships with the same capability. The USS Ramage can do a lot of things, but one particular capability could make it more popular than ever: Ballistic missile defense. By Hugh Lessig, for Daily Press In civilian-speak, the Ramage has missiles that can shoot down enemy missiles, and that… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/u_s_deploys_fleet_of_interceptor_missile_ships_to_mediterranean Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/initiative_concerning_pelindaba_treaty_for_african_nuclear_weapons_free_zone Dear NO BASES colleagues, friends, comrades, With US military activities growing fast in Africa, including the setting up of Africom, and with the new African Nuclear Weapons Free Zone Treaty (known as the Pelindaba Treaty) now in force, the huge base on Diego Garcia becomes a key issue. Diego Garcia is part of Mauritius. We believe that the Mauritius government should act now. We know from experience that it makes moves as if it is acting on the Diego Garcia issue, but it is mainly pure charades.… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/initiative_concerning_pelindaba_treaty_for_african_nuclear_weapons_free_zone Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/us_health_agency_to_take_fresh_look_at_vieques A U.S. agency has overturned its 2003 research that said no health hazards were caused by decades of military exercises on Vieques, a bombing range-turned- tourist destination off Puerto Rico's east coast. The federal Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry said Friday it intends to "modify" some of its earlier research on Vieques, where the U.S. and its allies trained for conflicts from Vietnam to Iraq. By David McFadden, for The Associated Press The agency, a part of the Centers for Disease… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/us_health_agency_to_take_fresh_look_at_vieques Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/obama_lays_out_america_s_asia_pacific_agenda The United States is a Pacific nation, and America wants to strengthen alliances and understandings in the region, President Barack Obama said in Tokyo today. Obama gave a major policy speech at Suntory Hall to 1,500 Japanese leaders. He met with Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama and with the emperor and empress of Japan. The president praised the U.S-Japanese alliance as a partnership based on mutual interests and respect. The alliance has served both nations well in the past, and he expects it will… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/obama_lays_out_america_s_asia_pacific_agenda Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/pentagon_urged_to_keep_guam_better_informed_on_marine_transfer_ Guam's government needs more timely information from the Defense Department about the planned transfer of 8,000 Marines and their dependents there from Japan so it can better plan for the necessary infrastructure buildup and financing, a government report out Friday said. "The government of Guam is expected to be largely responsible for funding and constructing ... off-base roads and utilities and providing certain public services," said the report from the nonpartisan Government Accountability… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/pentagon_urged_to_keep_guam_better_informed_on_marine_transfer_ Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/algunos_comentarios_sobre_el_acuerdo_militar_entre_colombia_y_eeuu La cadena de televisión TeleSur comentó diversos aspectos del texto del tratado que se hizo público esta semana. Vale la pena también ver este video que ofrece una breve explicación sobre los alcances de la base de Palanquero.   http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/algunos_comentarios_sobre_el_acuerdo_militar_entre_colombia_y_eeuu Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/la_rai_rimette_in_onda_l_emittente_delle_forze_armate_usa Cinque mesi fa era stata oscurata perché le sue antenne all'interno dell'antico Monastero dei Camaldolesi (Napoli) erano fonte di inquinamento elettromagnetico. Grazie ad un accordo sottoscritto con Rai Way, American Forces Network (AFN), l'emittente radiotelevisiva delle forze armate USA in Europa, è però tornata a trasmettere per migliaia di militari statunitensi che operano nelle basi aeree e navali della Campania. I potenti trasmettitori dell'AFN sono stati spostati solo… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/la_rai_rimette_in_onda_l_emittente_delle_forze_armate_usa Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/us_8th_army_headquarters_may_stay_in_korea The U.S. military in Korea has scrapped an idea to relocate its key Army headquarters to Hawaii, in a move to reaffirm its commitment to the defense of South Korea, a military source said yesterday. "I understand that the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff and the U.S. Army have accepted the proposal by the U.S. Forces Korea that the 8th Army headquarters should remain in Korea as a symbol of (U.S. military commitment) to the defense of the peninsula," said the source. By Song Sang-ho, for Korea Herald… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/us_8th_army_headquarters_may_stay_in_korea Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/_usa_to_launch_icbm_minutman_iii_on_nov_18_from_vandenberg_air_force_base_to_the_marshall_islands This seems hypocritical after the criticism of North Korea's short range liquid fuel missiles.  Minuteman III is a hair trigger alert  high speed, solid fuel, computer/satellite guided desiged to carry weapons for large civilian areas.  The test missile will carry dummy warheads, but it is a missile test for nuclear delivery systems.  This violates the good faith disarmament component of the Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty. http://www.vandenberg.af.mil/  here is the base… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/_usa_to_launch_icbm_minutman_iii_on_nov_18_from_vandenberg_air_force_base_to_the_marshall_islands Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/texto_del_acuerdo_sobre_las_bases_militares_en_colombia Finalmente, después de muchas dilataciones y maniobras oscuras, ha sido publicado el texto del documento por el cual Colombia cede prácticamente todo su espacio territorial al ejército estadounidense. El tratado se titula: "Acuerdo complementario para la cooperación y asistencia técnica en defensa y seguridad entre los Gobiernos de la República de Colombia y de los Estados Unidos de América". Véase el texto completo del acuerdo. http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/texto_del_acuerdo_sobre_las_bases_militares_en_colombia Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/us_may_locate_nato_missile_command_in_czech_republic A few U.S. delegations will visit the Czech Republic in November, following up the recent visit by U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, including an expert military team that arrives in Prague this Friday, diplomatic sources told CTK today. Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs Ellen Tauscher will arrive on November 16 and she will be followed by Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood. By Czech News Agency The server Aktualne.cz said the high-level group for military… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/us_may_locate_nato_missile_command_in_czech_republic Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/us_granted_access_to_all_colombian_airports_ A recent military agreement between Colombia and the US, which sparked outcry in Latin America, allows Washington access to civilian airports as well as military bases. The full text of the deal published on the Internet on Wednesday, suggested that Bogota and Washington "will establish a mechanism to determine the estimated number of flights that will have use of international airports." By PressTV According to the text of the accord, the US will have access to all international airports across… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/us_granted_access_to_all_colombian_airports_ Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/vicenzan_citizens_do_inspections_of_new_us_base_dal_molin_ We are thirty or forty this morning to check the sounds produced at the building site. Our goal is to measure the noise decibels produced by the machines, from early morning to sunset, and ask for respect of the existing rules. For this reason we are joined by the leaders of the city council parties Vicenza Libera and Variati Sindaco. But, as the inspection progresses we realize that we must better adjust our target: in fact it isn’t what you hear, but rather what you see that’s most… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/vicenzan_citizens_do_inspections_of_new_us_base_dal_molin_ Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/okinawa_reclama_salida_de_bases_militares_de_ee_uu_ La Asamblea Municipal de Naha (capital de Okinawa) pidió al Gobierno japonés que retire inmediatamente las bases militares de Estados Unidos de Okinawa (isla de Japón), para garantizar la seguridad de la población. Según un documento la Asamblea "exige el traslado (de la base aérea) fuera de la prefectura (Okinawa) o hacia el exterior". El reclamo se fundamenta en las denuncias de crímenes, así como también la violación a mujeres,… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/okinawa_reclama_salida_de_bases_militares_de_ee_uu_ Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/a_poggio_renatico_il_controllo_delle_forze_aeree_nato_in_europa Entro il marzo 2010 la NATO affiderà alla base radar di Poggio Renatico (Ferrara) il controllo dello spazio aereo compreso tra l'Oceano Atlantico e il delta del Danubio e l'eventuale conduzione di raid dei cacciabombardieri alleati in quest'area. La decisione di potenziare ed estendere geograficamente le funzioni dell'infrastruttura militare italiana è stata resa nota a conclusione della conferenza annuale dei comandanti NATO della Regione Sud, tenutasi proprio a Poggio Renatico e… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/a_poggio_renatico_il_controllo_delle_forze_aeree_nato_in_europa Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/civilian_massacre_appropriate_says_german_nato_general A top German general has described a NATO air strike that killed up to 40 Afghan civilians as "appropriate." Speaking in Berlin, Bundeswehr chief of staff General Wolfgang Schneiderhan announced that a NATO inquiry into the air strike had placed no blame on the German army. By Morning Star On September 4 a German colonel operating in Kunduz province called in the air strike on hijacked petrol tankers in Afghanistan, apparently concerned that guerillas would use them to mount a suicide attack on… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/civilian_massacre_appropriate_says_german_nato_general Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/us_missile_systems_stand_guard_in_bahrain_united_arab_emirates Patriot missile sites created by soldiers from Fort Blisspost are now guarding the skies of Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates. More than 500 soldiers with the 5-52nd Air Defense Artillery returned last week from a 12-month deployment to the Persian Gulf countries. They were split between the two countries to establish the Patriot launcher sites, which are designed to shoot down threats ranging from tactical ballistic missiles to enemy aircraft, said Lt. Col. Greg Brady, the unit commander. By… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/us_missile_systems_stand_guard_in_bahrain_united_arab_emirates Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/colombia_and_us_sign_military_agreement Colombia and the United States have signed an agreement granting US forces access to Colombian military bases. With the aid of the US, Colombia wants to expand its fight against drugs and rebel movements. Leftist Latin American leaders have condemned the agreement. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in particular has lashed out at the agreement which he says will destabilise the region. He said it also would allow the US to invade his country.... By Radio Netherlands http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/colombia_and_us_sign_military_agreement Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/_us_and_colombia_sign_accord_for_us_to_access_military_bases    Critics of Colombia President Álvaro Uribe's decision to sign the    accord say it is 'unbalanced' for Colombia. Far-left and moderate    leaders alike have expressed concerns about an increasing US    presence in the region. By Sibylla Brodzinsky for The Christian Science Monitor Colombia signed a controversial military cooperation pact with the United States Friday that will expand US access to Colombian military bases to conduct operations aimed… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/_us_and_colombia_sign_accord_for_us_to_access_military_bases Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/_statement_on_the_futenma_marine_corps_air_station_issue In Solidarity with the Okinawa People's Rally on November 8, 2009   1.   The US military maintains large military bases on Okinawa Island , and in particular has not returned Futenma Marine Corps Air Station, a helicopter base which is right in the middle of a residential area with educational facilities. The tranquility of the residents' daily lives is threatened, and their right to live in peace is egregiously infringed by the roar of aircraft and by a helicopter crash on a university… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/_statement_on_the_futenma_marine_corps_air_station_issue Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/esercitazione_militare_riapre_antiche_ferite_in_america_latina Un'isola del Pacifico disputata da due paesi; poi, improvvisa, l'occupazione da parte delle forze armate di uno di essi. Il contendente invoca l'intervento delle Nazioni Unite. Scatta l'ultimatum: "o vi ritirate o sarà dato il via alle operazioni aeree combinate di una coalizione internazionale". Gli occupanti fanno orecchie da mercante e in men che non si dica, sull'isola scoppia l'inferno. Centinaia d'incursioni aeree, bombardamenti aria-terra, lanci di paracadutisti, atterraggi di aerei… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/esercitazione_militare_riapre_antiche_ferite_in_america_latina Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/us_to_use_romanian_bases_to_control_caspian_sea_oil The US wants to control oil resources in the Caspian Sea from bases in Romania and Bulgaria, the Center for Research on Globalization (CRG) has said in an analysis. CRG's analysts said the US might send a peacekeeping forces to provide security for the transport of Caspian oil and gas and US troops in Romania and Bulgaria could be very useful. "During a recent visit to Romania, US Vice President Joe Biden said Bucharest backed the new US missile shield Washington announced after scrapping earlier… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/us_to_use_romanian_bases_to_control_caspian_sea_oil Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/africom_concentrates_on_great_lakes_region "East African nations should work towards promoting stability in the region other than training to respond to humanitarian crisis", the commander of the US army African command, Gen. William Ward has said. Ward said if the East African nations are committed to providing stability, the US would be eager to work with them. By Chris Ocowun, for New Vision (Uganda) He explained that the joint training exercise code named 'Natural Fire 10', which has been going on in northern Uganda was successful. He… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/africom_concentrates_on_great_lakes_region Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/us_colombia_deal_to_be_signed_this_week Colombian Defense Minister Gabriel Silva said Oct. 27 that a deal giving the U.S. military access to Colombian bases will be signed at the end of the week. The accord, which has led to howls of protest in several South American capitals, "will be signed when I return to Bogota at the end of the week," Silva told journalists during a visit to Washington. "It is possible" the signing will be as early as Oct. 30, he added. By Agence France-Presse Under the deal, Colombia has pledged to allow the United… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/us_colombia_deal_to_be_signed_this_week Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/abc_of_west_s_global_military_network_afghanistan_baltics_caucasus The century's longest war continues to rage in South Asia with no sign of abating. Instead, the invasion of Afghanistan on October 7, 2001 has exploded into endless armed hostilities that have spread across the length and breadth of the nation, with U.S. and NATO military forces fighting an intensified counterinsurgency conflict in the north, south, east and west of Afghanistan, now paralleled by equally brutal and even larger-scale combat operations in neighboring Pakistan. By Rick Rozoff, for… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/abc_of_west_s_global_military_network_afghanistan_baltics_caucasus Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/us_and_japan_at_odds_over_futenma_airbase Japan's new centre-left government is finding itself squeezed between the Obama administration and the people of the southern islands of Okinawa. At the heart of the row is a US air base which the Japanese Prime Minister, Yukio Hatoyama, had suggested could be moved. But the Obama administration has rejected any talk of re-locating the base outside of Okinawa. It has cast a shadow over the US President's visit to Japan next month. By Mark Willacy, for ABC News The United States has had air bases… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/us_and_japan_at_odds_over_futenma_airbase Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/the_us_moving_its_military_bases_to_russian_borders The US Vice President Joseph Biden, who is on his West European tour, arrives in the Czech Republic October,22. In Prague he is to meet with President Vaclav Klaus and Prime Minister Jan Fischer who leads the Parliament. By Voice of Russia The visit is to demonstrate the growth of bilateral relations. However, Joe Biden's main goal is to explain the motives for Barack Obama's refusal to deploy the ABM elements in Poland and the Czech Republic. These explanations are meant for both East Europeans… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/the_us_moving_its_military_bases_to_russian_borders Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/new_us_bases_on_the_black_sea Cadets at the West Point military academy are now undergoing a crash course of Russian language and culture. Just like they started learning Arabic three years prior to the US-led invasion of Iraq. Preparing to grab the Caspian oil health, Washington will do this leaning on its bases in Romania and Bulgaria and by stoking up instability in the Caucasus. Why? To be able send its peacekeepers there to ensure the safe transportation of Caspian oil and gas. And here the American contingent in Romania… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/new_us_bases_on_the_black_sea Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/a_wiesbaden_la_base_usa_quot_sorella_quot_di_vicenza Sta sorgendo nel cuore dell'Assia, in Germania, una delle maggiori basi dell'US Army in Europa. Nell'ambito del programma di ristrutturazione della presenza militare statunitense nel vecchio continente, finalizzato alla creazione di cinque grandi centri "hub" dove concentrare i reparti delle forze terrestri e aviotrasportate (tra essi l'ex scalo aereo Dal Molin di Vicenza), il Pentagono ha dato il via a multimilionari lavori di ristrutturazione e ampliamento delle caserme e della base aerea che… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/a_wiesbaden_la_base_usa_quot_sorella_quot_di_vicenza Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/us_navy_arrives_in_malaysia USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) and the embarked U.S. 7th Fleet staff arrived in Port Kelang, Malaysia, Oct. 26. for a scheduled port visit as part of the ship's fall deployment to further positive relations with regional partners. Port Kelang, located on the Strait of Malacca, is the leading port of Malaysia and the port of its capital, Kuala Lumpur. While in Port Kelang, the 7th Fleet command ship crew and embarked staff will have the opportunity to visit the city known as the gateway into Malaysia and… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/us_navy_arrives_in_malaysia Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/india_and_us_conduct_joint_military_exercise India and the United States are conducting a massive joint military exercise in a northern Indian state. The war games reflect the growing security ties between the two countries. For two weeks, nearly 1000 troops from India and the United States, using heavy transport aircraft and battle tanks, have been taking part in a joint exercise in Babina in Uttar Pradesh state. The 18-day exercise, code named Yudh Abhyas or preparation for war, concludes Thursday. It is the largest ground combat exercise… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/india_and_us_conduct_joint_military_exercise Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/_us_guided_missile_drones_fly_over_indian_ocean The US military says it has deployed its drones capable of carrying missiles to patrol waters off Somalia in a move to clamp down on piracy. The deputy commander for the US Africa Command, Vice Adm. Robert Moeller, said unmanned planes called MQ-9 Reapers were stationed on the island nation of Seychelles. By Press TV The drones are being deployed to patrol the Indian Ocean in search of pirates, the commander said in an interview with the Associated Press. The patrols began this week, according to… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/_us_guided_missile_drones_fly_over_indian_ocean Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/us_destroyer_uss_ramage_visits_gdynia_poland American destroyer USS Ramage sailed into Gdynia port of Northern Poland on Sunday for a working visit which is to end on Wednesday. The vessel is visiting Gdynia to give its crew time for rest after it took part in Baltic exercises, according to Polish news agency PAP. Xinhua News Agency "We will use this time to exchange experiences, hold meetings of experts..." spokesman for the 3rd Flotilla of the Polish Navy, Grzegorz Lyko said. He added that similar visits to Poland by ships from the United… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/us_destroyer_uss_ramage_visits_gdynia_poland Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/japan_snubs_us_pressure_on_base_pact Tokyo is resisting Washington's pressure for accepting a military agreement between the two nations over the presence of US forces in the Asian country. "I don't think we will act simply by accepting what the US tells us, just because the US is saying this, in such a short period of time," Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada said Thursday. His remarks came after US Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Wednesday pressed the Japanese center-left government to quickly proceed with the deal. By Press TV Under… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/japan_snubs_us_pressure_on_base_pact Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/japan_probes_1960s_nuclear_agreements_with_us U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates cautioned Japan this week against letting a fact-finding mission into decades-old secret nuclear-weapons agreements affect relations between the two countries, according to an official familiar with the matter.In a meeting with Japanese Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa on Wednesday, Mr. Gates said Japan also should avoid letting the probe hurt the U.S.'s antinuclear-proliferation efforts, the official said. Mr. Kitazawa said the government would handle confidential… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/japan_probes_1960s_nuclear_agreements_with_us Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/the_widening_us_japan_security_divide Secretary of Defense Robert Gates delivered a tough message to the new government in Tokyo this week: The U.S.-Japan security alliance is not up for renegotiation. The question now is whether Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama will get the message before President Barack Obama lands in Japan next month. By Carolyn Leddy, for Wall Street Journal The most pressing issue is the 2006 agreement to close the U.S. Marine Corps Futenma Air Base in downtown Okinawa and relocate it to a nearby coastal area. The… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/the_widening_us_japan_security_divide Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/georgia_willing_to_host_us_missile_defence_systems US Deputy Minister of Defense Alexander Vershbow will participate in a meeting of the working group on security on October 20, Georgian foreign minister Alexander Nalbandov said at a traditional briefing on October 19. He said that Vershbow will arrive in Tbilisi tonight and stay for two days. As to a meeting of the working group, Nalbandov said that it deals with the modernization of defense systems, participation of the Georgian military contingent in Afghan peace operations, security in the region… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/georgia_willing_to_host_us_missile_defence_systems Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/us_upgrading_military_bases_in_afghanistan_ While Washington is weighing its options on sending more troops to Afghanistan, the US army is spending billions of dollars on upgrading its bases in the war-torn country. The Washington Post said on Sunday that the US military has wanted to spend 1.3 billion dollars on more than one-hundred military projects across Afghanistan. Based on the report, 30 million dollars of the money will be spent on the main US base located near the northern Afghan city of Bagram. By Press TV The move is aimed at… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/us_upgrading_military_bases_in_afghanistan_ Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/pentagon_to_spend_over_100_million_on_new_bases_in_bulgaria_and_romania The United States government is forking over $100 million to build new military bases in Bulgaria and Romania. Last month, the Obama administration ended plans to construct missile-defense shields in other parts of eastern Europe. In September, the Obama administration stated they would cease any construction of a missile-defense shield and troops in Czech Republic and Poland, however, the Pentagon is planning to spend more than $100 million to build new military bases in Bulgaria and Romania, according… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/pentagon_to_spend_over_100_million_on_new_bases_in_bulgaria_and_romania Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/us_considering_ukrainian_radar_for_missile_shield Several news services report on US-Ukraine negotiations for a Missile Defence radar site (previously planned in the Czech Republik. As a sample, we post two articles. 1: Ukraine, U.S. negotiating possible use of Ukrainian radar stations - Kyiv Ukraine and the United States are negotiating the possible U.S. use of Ukrainian radar stations, Ukrainian Ambassador to the U.S. Oleh Shamshur told a press briefing in reply to an Interfax question. "The issue is being discussed. The discussion has just begun,"… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/us_considering_ukrainian_radar_for_missile_shield Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/us_and_poland_discuss_new_missile_project A special US-Polish task force is meeting in Warsaw to discuss the new anti-missile defence project to replace the missile shield plans abandoned last month. Instead of a missile launcher in Poland and a radar in the Czech Republic - as was rejected by President Obama last month - the US administration wants to locate mobile SM3 interceptors in Europe. An official proposal was forwarded to Warsaw last week. By Polskie Radio Polish negotiators will require hard facts about the new system, says Deputy… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/us_and_poland_discuss_new_missile_project Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/east_timor_begins_first_joint_military_manoeuvres_with_us_ East Timor's first joint military exercise with the United States began Wednesday with the arrival of the USS Bonhomme Richard assault ship. The manoeuvres with 2,500 US troops and Australia forces are to last through October 24, aimed at bolstering the skills of East Timor's armed forces. Besides field exercises, the troops are also to carry out 'humanitarian assistance' activities. US Ambassador Hans Klem said jungle training, urban training, infantry training, beach landings, and engineering… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/east_timor_begins_first_joint_military_manoeuvres_with_us_ Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/iceland_airport_might_store_aircraft_for_nato Discussions are taking place between the Dutch company ECA and the Icelandic IAV Thjonusta, a subsidiary of the construction company Islenskir adalverktakar, on creating facilities at the Keflavik International Airport to store and service jets and helicopters, which NATO member states can rent for practice purposes. An Iceland Review Editorial According to Morgunbladid's sources, a special flight school and training center at Keflavik is also being discussed. A number of helicopters, military jets… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/iceland_airport_might_store_aircraft_for_nato Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/russian_general_challenges_us_on_missiles   A top Russian general aimed tough remarks at the U.S. on Monday before Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's visit, reconfirming plans for multiple-warhead missiles and warning Washington that refitting rockets with conventional warheads would raise the risk of nuclear war. Lt. Gen. Andrei Shvaichenko's comments quoted by Russian news agencies come as Moscow and Washington seek to negotiate a replacement for a 1991 arms control treaty that expires at the end of the year. It is a major… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/russian_general_challenges_us_on_missiles Sat, 10 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/hatoyama_now_backtracking_on_futenma_relocation_pledge Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama appears to be vacillating on his party's election pledge to consider relocating a major U.S. facility out of Okinawa Prefecture . Meeting reporters Wednesday, Hatoyama indicated his government may eventually approve the current Japan-U.S. agreement to relocate the heliport functions of the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma from Ginowan to Henoko in Nago, both in Okinawa Prefecture. But on Thursday, he was at pains to emphasize that he did not mention Henoko in his… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/hatoyama_now_backtracking_on_futenma_relocation_pledge Sat, 10 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/forcibly_exiled_nearly_40_years_ago_diego_garcia_natives_fight_to_return_to_their_island_home_now_used_as_key_us_military_outpost Diego Garcia is a key military outpost for the United States. Located in the Indian Ocean, Diego Garca has often been used for strikes on Iraq and Afghanistan. The island also played a critical role in the U.S. extraordinary rendition program. The military analyst John Pike recently described Diego Garcia as the most important facility the U.S. has. According to Pike the military's goal is to be able to run the planet from Guam and Diego Garcia by 2015. Unlike Guam, Diego Garcia has no inhabitants… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/forcibly_exiled_nearly_40_years_ago_diego_garcia_natives_fight_to_return_to_their_island_home_now_used_as_key_us_military_outpost Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/japan_threatens_to_kick_out_us_troops   Japan is threatening to ask US troops based on the island of Okinawa to leave the country amid growing resentment over crime. The new government is reviewing an agreement with Washington on US military facilities following through on a campaign pledge to islanders who have borne the brunt of the American presence for more than 60 years. Around 50,000 American troops are based in Japan, around two-thirds of the total are in Okinawa. Resentment against their presence has grown in recent years… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/japan_threatens_to_kick_out_us_troops Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/residents_organize_against_us_plans_for_15_billion_military_buildup_on_guam_ The United States is planning an enormous $15 billion military buildup on the Pacific island of Guam. The project would turn the thirty-mile-long island into a major hub for US military operations in the Pacific in what has been described as the largest military buildup in recent history. Watch the DemocracyNow interview with Julian Aguon, a civil rights attorney from the Chamoru nation in Guam.   http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/residents_organize_against_us_plans_for_15_billion_military_buildup_on_guam_ Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/new_us_missile_defence_plan_would_link_allies_radar_and_other_systems A breakthrough that enables the early targeting of ballistic missiles by linking radars and other sensors from different parts of the world is key to the Obama administration's new missile defense plans, according to senior administration officials. The administration announced last month that it would scrap a Bush-era plan to protect European countries and American troops stationed there from any potential Iranian missile attack. Instead of putting 10 interceptors in Poland and radar in the Czech… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/new_us_missile_defence_plan_would_link_allies_radar_and_other_systems Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/send_a_letter_to_your_member_of_congress_against_the_weaponisation_of_space Dear friends: Below please find a letter to Congress that the Global Network and other concerned organizations are requesting that you send to your members of Congress during our current Keep Space for Peace Week. This letter calls on them to urge the Obama administration to seriously negotiate a treaty at the UN to prevent an arms race in space.                                                             … http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/send_a_letter_to_your_member_of_congress_against_the_weaponisation_of_space Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/embedded_danger_ The death of two American soldiers in Sulu last Tuesday refocuses the nation's attention on the need to revisit the Visiting Forces Agreement. The agreement has been so loosely interpreted by both the Philippine and American governments as to provide carte blanche for US forces to engage in operations never contemplated by the Senate (and the public) when it was asked to give consent for the agreement. It essentially allows the Americans to undertake military operations in tandem with members of… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/embedded_danger_ Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/is_japan_changing_after_the_fall_of_ldp_hatoyama_and_the_dpj_s_new_ By Muto Ichiyo Dear Muto san and friends in Japan, Suddenly, with the election results in Japan, there is a flood of memory about all you friends. The results look pretty unprecedented sitting here in India. But one has no idea whether it comes anywhere close to what you all have been struggling for all these years?! Or whether one should even hope for any changes; even mild. If anyone has written anything on it in English, or has the time to pen a small paragraph, it would really help to reconnect… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/is_japan_changing_after_the_fall_of_ldp_hatoyama_and_the_dpj_s_new_ Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/closing_bases_on_the_international_no_bases_network   Manta is a lively city with 200,000 residents, on the Pacific Coast of Ecuador. Because of its harbour, it is a major hub of Ecuadorian tuna fishing industry. The city is home to an airport used only for domestic and regional flights. In 1999, it was this airfield that made Manta the perfect location for a base for the United States military, as the US was looking for new hosts for its Forward Operations Locations (FOL) - military facilities for monitoring, tracking and intercepting drug… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/closing_bases_on_the_international_no_bases_network Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/russia_still_cool_on_new_us_anti_missile_scheme Russia remains suspicious about Washington's new anti-missile plans and fears its strategic nuclear weapons could still be threatened by the reconfigured scheme, the country's envoy to NATO said on Tuesday.Dmitry Rogozin's comments showed Moscow's distrust as it awaits details on Pentagon plans to create new mobile interceptor missiles, dropping an earlier U.S. scheme to set up fixed bases in Poland and the Czech Republic. "Where are the guarantees that this mobile thing, be it a boat, a cruiser,… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/russia_still_cool_on_new_us_anti_missile_scheme Sun, 27 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/_al_via_l_ags_il_nuovo_sistema_di_spionaggio_nato   Lo sviluppo dell'AGS (Alliance Ground Surveillance), il nuovo sistema di sorveglianza terrestre della NATO, ha generato divisioni insanabili all'interno dell'Alleanza Atlantica. Alla firma del Programme Memorandum of Understanding (PMOU) che segna i confini legali, organizzativi e finanziari del sistema d'intelligence, si sono presentati infatti solo 15 dei paesi membri dell'organizzazione nord-atlantica. Si tratta di Bulgaria, Canada, Danimarca, Estonia, Germania, Italia, Lettonia, Lituania,… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/_al_via_l_ags_il_nuovo_sistema_di_spionaggio_nato Sun, 27 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/korea_us_devise_broader_air_operations_command A broader joint air operations command of South Korean and U.S. Air Forces is being set up here in tandem with the planned transition of wartime operational control (OPCON) in 2012, a military source said Sunday. The Hardened Theater of Air Control Center (HTACC), the Korea-U.S. combined air operations command led by a three-star American general at Osan Air Base, has been working to expand its roles and missions after being renamed the Korea Air and Space Operations Center (KAOC), the source said… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/korea_us_devise_broader_air_operations_command Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/fatal_flaw_stop_the_us_philippine_visiting_forces_agreement Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago has called on her ally in Malacañang to either renegotiate the Visiting Forces Agreement with the United States or terminate it. The timing of Santiago's shepherding of the recommendations of the Legislative Oversight Committee on the VFA through the Senate maze is not entirely innocent of speculation; it comes after President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's ultimately unsuccessful call on the White House. Unsuccessful, it has become clear and it is necessary to belabor,… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/fatal_flaw_stop_the_us_philippine_visiting_forces_agreement Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/pentagon_plans_for_deployment_of_special_forces_to_states_outside_afghanistan The US military is preparing for a worst-case scenario in Central Asia. The Pentagon is presently developing plans covering the potential deployment of elite Special Forces to Central Asian states other than Afghanistan. In each of the Central Asian states, US Special Forces 3rd Group are preparing to conduct "foreign internal defense" missions -- military shorthand for counter-insurgency operations fought by host nation troops with training and other forms of assistance provided by Washington.… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/pentagon_plans_for_deployment_of_special_forces_to_states_outside_afghanistan Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/us_urges_patience_in_base_talks_with_japan A top U.S. diplomat in Asia on Friday toned down a no-more-negotiations stance the Pentagon has taken in response to the newly elected Japanese government's interest in changing the military realignment plan. "It's a careful path we have to walk, but by issuing dictates or saying certain things are impossible [and] can't be talked about, I think that could lead to exactly the kind of the backlash that all seek to avoid," Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell told reporters following two days… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/us_urges_patience_in_base_talks_with_japan Sun, 20 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/goccia_dopo_goccia_per_far_crescere_gli_alberi_del_parco_della_pace «Un gruppo di cinque donne resistenti alle 20.30 hanno attraversato la rete dell'aeroporto civile decise a fare "piazza pulita" di bugie e menzogne e a prendersi cura del Parco della Pace, firmandosi con rigogliosa bandiera». Questo messaggio ci è stato recapitato nella tarda serata di sabato 19 settembre. Non conosciamo le autrici di questa iniziativa, alle quali va però il nostro ringraziamento. Una dimostrazione - l'ennesima - che una larga parte della cittadinanza vicentina… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/goccia_dopo_goccia_per_far_crescere_gli_alberi_del_parco_della_pace Sun, 20 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/gli_artigli_dell_impero_sul_canale_di_panama Negli stessi giorni in cui le forze armate USA riconsegnano alle autorità civili nazionali la grande base aerea e navale di Manta, Ecuador, Washington rilancia l'uso delle cannoniere a difesa del "cortile di casa" latinoamericano. Dall'11 al 22 settembre 2009, il Canale di Panama ospita 4,500 militari, 30 navi da guerra e decine di cacciabombardieri di 20 nazioni straniere per quella che è stata definita dal Comando militare degli Stati Uniti come una delle "più grandi esercitazioni… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/gli_artigli_dell_impero_sul_canale_di_panama Sat, 19 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/divieto_alla_guerra_non_alla_democrazia Millecinquecento persone hanno partecipato, ieri sera, alla fiaccolata convocata contro l'ipotesi della Prefettura di impedire i cortei nel centro cittadino, ma diventata anche la prima risposta alle continue stragi in Afganistan e alla guerra a cui il nostro paese sta partecipando. Al termine della fiaccolata, un'assemblea ha deciso di convocare il Preefetto in P.za dei Signori perché possa ascoltare i cittadini. Dopo che ha ascoltato partiti e dirigenti d'ogni sorta, è tempo che… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/divieto_alla_guerra_non_alla_democrazia Sat, 19 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/gates_explanation_of_the_missile_defence_switch "A Better Missile Defense for a Safer Europe"The future of missile defense in Europe is secure. This reality is contrary to what some critics have alleged about President Obama's proposed shift in America's missile-defense plans on the continent - and it is important to understand how and why. By Robert M. Gates, for The New York Times First, to be clear, there is now no strategic missile defense in Europe. In December 2006, just days after becoming secretary of defense, I recommended to President… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/gates_explanation_of_the_missile_defence_switch Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/missile_defense_the_other_story Yesterday we witnessed a flurry of emails and articles proclaiming victory after President Obama's announcement that he was going to scrap George W. Bush's plans to deploy missile defense interceptors in Poland and a Star Wars radar in the Czech Republic.  There is no doubt that our peace activist friends in those two countries do indeed have reason to celebrate after their hard and determined work to stop those deployments.  We also need to recognize and thank the many people around the… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/missile_defense_the_other_story Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/philippine_army_covers_up_unlawful_us_shooting_in_sulu The Philippine military maintained Saturday that American soldiers acted within the bounds of the law when they fired their machine guns in self-defense following an explosion believed targeted at them at the Jolo pier in Sulu on Monday. The avowal was in reaction to the claim by the leftist group, Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan), which said that United States forces, stationed in Mindanao as part of anti-terror operations jointly undertaken with the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), were… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/philippine_army_covers_up_unlawful_us_shooting_in_sulu Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/us_to_shelve_nuclear_missile_shield_defense_plans_for_poland_czech_republic_to_be_dropped The White House will shelve Bush administration plans to build a missile-defense system in Poland and the Czech Republic, according to people familiar with the matter, a move likely to cheer Moscow and roil the security debate in Europe.The U.S. will base its decision on a determination that Iran's long-range missile program has not progressed as rapidly as previously estimated, reducing the threat to the continental U.S. and major European capitals, according to current and former U.S. officials.… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/us_to_shelve_nuclear_missile_shield_defense_plans_for_poland_czech_republic_to_be_dropped Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/philippine_makabayan_coalition_leaders_lead_quot_eviction_quot_of_us_troops Five partylist lawmakers today led some 60 rallyists in picketting the United States Embassy in calling for immediate pullout of all US troops, logistics and war materiel from the Philippines. Makabayan Coalition Leaders and partylist lawmakers Satur Ocampo, Liza Maza, Teddy Casiño, Rafael Mariano and Joel Maglunsod today lead a peaceful picket and served a people's eviction notice to US military forces in the Philippines on the eve of the 18th anniversary of the Senate's rejection of the… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/philippine_makabayan_coalition_leaders_lead_quot_eviction_quot_of_us_troops Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/us_builds_base_in_bulgaria_for_incoming_troops Sitting in a sunlit office poring over a Cyrillic-scrawled map of the Bulgarian countryside that lies just outside his window, Pat Klever, the resident engineer at the newly formed Bulgaria field office, is adapting to his new environment - one that he's busy planning for incoming U.S. Soldiers. Klever and his growing team oversee the $50-million contract to construct expeditionary structures at a 135-acre forward operating site near the city of Sliven, Bulgaria, that will support about 2,500 soldiers… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/us_builds_base_in_bulgaria_for_incoming_troops Sun, 13 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/us_soldiers_want_to_leave_iraq The results of a survey among US military soldiers clearly shows that the forces themselves too want to leave Iraq sooner rather than later. Quoting the Stars and Stripes online: "Seventy-two percent of troops on the ground in Iraq think U.S. military forces should get out of the country within a year, according to a Zogby poll released Tuesday. The survey of 944 troops, conducted in Iraq between Jan. 18 and Feb. 14, said that only 23 percent of servicemembers thought U.S. forces should stay “as… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/us_soldiers_want_to_leave_iraq Sat, 12 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/africom_pianta_le_tende_alle_seychelles Il Comando generale delle forze armate per il continente africano, Africom, mobilita uomini e mezzi per proteggere dalla pirateria l'industria turistica delle Seychelles. E a difesa dei turisti a cinque stelle non saranno lesinati i più sofisticati sistemi di guerra. Così, dal prossimo mese di ottobre, un numero imprecisato di velivoli senza pilota UAV "Reaper" sarà trasferito nell'arcipelago che dista più di 1.000 miglia dalle coste dell'Africa meridionale. "Le Seychelles… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/africom_pianta_le_tende_alle_seychelles Fri, 11 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/throwing_bullets_at_failed_policies_us_plans_for_new_bases_in_colombia_ It was a winter day in the Argentine city of Bariloche when 12 South American presidents gathered there on August 28. It was so cold that Hugo Chavez wore a red scarf and Evo Morales put on a sweater. The presidents arrived at the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) meeting to discuss a US plan to establish seven new military bases in Colombia. Though officials in Colombia and the US say the bases would be aimed at combating terrorism and the drug trade, US military and air force documents… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/throwing_bullets_at_failed_policies_us_plans_for_new_bases_in_colombia_ Thu, 10 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/i_par_usa_di_vicenza_in_afghanistan_con_blindati_e_velivoli_senza_pilota   Sarà la 173^ Brigata Aviotrasportata di stanza a Vicenza la punta di diamante della campagna d'autunno dell'esercito USA in Afghanistan. Lo ha confermato il Comando delle forze armate statunitensi in Europa a conclusione di una esercitazione tenutasi il mese scorso nelle colline di Hohenfels (Germania), a cui hanno partecipato 75 militari del Combat Team provenienti dalla base vicentina di Camp Ederle. Nello specifico, gli uomini hanno partecipato al primo corso per "operatori MRAP… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/i_par_usa_di_vicenza_in_afghanistan_con_blindati_e_velivoli_senza_pilota Thu, 10 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/us_troops_in_colombia_a_threat_to_peace   In August, a deal was announced in which the U.S. military will be granted the use of five military bases in Colombia, in addition to the two it already uses, to fight drug trafficking and guerrillas. This is the latest move in which the U.S. military has raised its profile in Latin America, coming a year after the Bush administration reactivated the U.S. Navy's Fourth Fleet, which continues to patrol Latin American waters under President Obama. by Gregory Wilpert, for NACLA Magazine Military… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/us_troops_in_colombia_a_threat_to_peace Thu, 10 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/fish_wildlife_and_bombs_the_struggle_to_clean_up_vieques   In May 2003, after hundreds of arrests, marches, and constant pickets, mass protest forced the U.S. Navy off Vieques, Puerto Rico.1 Since World War II, the navy had maintained one of its key military installations in the Western Hemisphere on this 51-square-mile island, located six miles off the southeast coast of Puerto Rico. Yet Vieques was also home to 10,000 U.S. citizens who lived sandwiched between an ammunition depot and a military training area. The navy test-fired both land-based… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/fish_wildlife_and_bombs_the_struggle_to_clean_up_vieques Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/_big_us_bases_are_part_of_iraq_but_a_world_apart It takes the masseuse, Mila from Kyrgyzstan, an hour to commute to work by bus on this sprawling American base. Her massage parlor is one of three on the base's 6,300 acres and sits next to a Subway sandwich shop in a trailer, surrounded by blast walls, sand and rock. At the Subway, workers from India and Bangladesh make sandwiches for American soldiers looking for a taste of home. When the sandwich makers' shifts end, the journey home takes them past a power plant, an ice-making plant, a sewage… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/_big_us_bases_are_part_of_iraq_but_a_world_apart Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/militarising_space_the_fallujah_fallacy The Pentagon has made remarkable strides in militarisation of space this year, but its techno-schemes are built on the same sandy foundations as the rest of its defence policy, lamentsEric Walberg.    In April, Air Force Space Command activated a new unit --  the 24th Air Force at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas -- to keep pace with "the rapid changes in information technology and allow space and cyberspace capabilities to be more accessible to military ground commanders", according… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/militarising_space_the_fallujah_fallacy Sun, 06 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/fallout_from_nuclear_tests_leads_to_health_crisis HONOLULU (AP) - Pius Henry fears his adopted government will kill him, that the United States won't live up to a health care obligation to people from Pacific islands where it tested nuclear bombs. Henry, a diabetic from the Marshall Islands, has received free dialysis treatments three times a week for years, but the cash-strapped state of Hawaii has threatened to cut off him and others to save money. By Mark Niesse, for Associated Press Like thousands of legal migrants to Hawaii from independent… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/fallout_from_nuclear_tests_leads_to_health_crisis Sun, 30 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/entrevista_con_el_escritor_uruguayo_eduardo_galeano_quot_la_presencia_norteamericana_en_bases_militares_de_colombia_no_solo_ofende_la_dignidad_de_america_latina_sino_tambien_la_inteligencia_quot_ En la quiteña Avenida Amazonas, a pocos pasos del hotel donde se aloja, encontramos como cualquier transeúnte en la noche del domingo 9 de agosto a Eduardo Galeano, quien ha llegado a la capital ecuatoriana para asistir como invitado especial al acto de posesión del presidente Rafael Correa, ceremonia que se cumplió el pasado 10 de agosto. Lo paramos y nos identificamos para solicitarle una entrevista, a la cual accede con gusto. Fernando Arellano Orti, por Cronicon.net… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/entrevista_con_el_escritor_uruguayo_eduardo_galeano_quot_la_presencia_norteamericana_en_bases_militares_de_colombia_no_solo_ofende_la_dignidad_de_america_latina_sino_tambien_la_inteligencia_quot_ Sun, 30 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/space_week_action_list_now_in_formation The Keep Space for Peace Week is planned for October 3 to 10, 2009. We are currently listing the local events planned; please let us know your plans: send an email to Bruce Gagnon of the Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space     Local events already listed include: Albuquerque, New Mexico (Oct 3) Protest at Kirtland Air Force Base (Truman Gate) 11:00 am stopthewarmachine@comcast.net   Bath Iron Works, Maine (Oct 10) Vigil across from administration building on… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/space_week_action_list_now_in_formation Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/philippines_scrapping_of_vfa_urged_ MANILA, Philippines - Despite the claims of executive officials that the Philippines had benefited from the RP-US Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA), and their denial that US troops were taking part in combat operations in Mindanao, Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago is convinced that the "very vague" pact should be scrapped. Before the end of the hearing conducted on Thursday by the Legislative Oversight Committee of the VFA (LocVFA), which she chairs for the Senate, Santiago told reporters that she would… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/philippines_scrapping_of_vfa_urged_ Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/us_to_abandon_polish_czech_missile_shield_lobbyist_says The United States has all-but abandoned plans to house anti-missile bases in Poland and the Czech republic, according to a senior White House lobbyist. Riki Ellison, the chairman of the 10,000 member-strong Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance, said in Polish daily Gazeta Wyborcza on Thursday (26 August) that the US has changed its mind to avoid a rift with Russia and is now looking at Israel, Turkey, the Balkans or ship-borne facilities instead. By Andrew Rettma, for EU Observer "The signals given… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/us_to_abandon_polish_czech_missile_shield_lobbyist_says Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/us_troops_combat_role_in_philippines_revealed_ The woman who blew the whistle on a fund mess involving the RP-US Balikatan exercises said American soldiers were purportedly "embedded" with Filipino troops in combat situations in Mindanao, and that the United States had taken part in the "planning of combat operations" against terrorist and Moro targets. By Nikko Dizon for Philippine Daily Inquirer With nuns from the Association of Major Religious Superiors in the Philippines serving as her bodyguards, retired Navy Lt. Nancy Gadian Wednesday… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/us_troops_combat_role_in_philippines_revealed_ Sun, 23 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/cuba_urges_to_counter_us_maneuvers_ A Cuban Communist Party (PCC) delegation attending the 15th Sao Paulo Forum being held in Mexico urged participants to counter US maneuvers against achievement made by the Latin American left wing movement. By Prensa Latina Jorge Marti, head of the International Affairs Department of the PCC Central Committee, spoke at the plenary session of the meeting, where the document "Left Wing Alternatives against the Capitalist Crisis" was debated. He noted that actions must be taken timely in the light… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/cuba_urges_to_counter_us_maneuvers_ Mon, 17 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/guam_resists_military_colonization_having_no_say_when_washington_tries_to_increase_your_population_by_25_ The United States and the Chinese governments have some remarkable similarities when it comes to colonization. The Chinese government has sent a huge Han population to inhabit Tibet and overwhelm the Tibetan population, even building the world's highest railway to get people and materials there. by Ann Wright for CommonDreams.org The United States government, with virtually no consultation with the local government and citizens, is increasing the population of its non-voting territory, Guam, by… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/guam_resists_military_colonization_having_no_say_when_washington_tries_to_increase_your_population_by_25_ Fri, 14 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/us_nuclear_powered_carrier_entry_to_manila_violates_asean_treaty_philippine_constitution Yesterday, the USS George Washington aircraft carrier-a gargantuan ship measuring as long as seven Olympic-sized swimming pools in length and as high as a 24-storey building-docked at the Manila Bay. It carried with it over 6,000 US troops-or over a third of the number of US troops that used to be based in the former US bases in Subic and Clark. With a flight deck twice as large as UP's Sunken Garden, accommodating over 80 aircraft, carriers like the USS George Washington have been described by… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/us_nuclear_powered_carrier_entry_to_manila_violates_asean_treaty_philippine_constitution Fri, 14 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/us_religious_and_grassroots_leaders_urge_clinton_to_suspend_military_base_talks_with_colombia Over one hundred religious, national, community organizations and leaders and academics today called on Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to "suspend negotiations for expanded U.S. military access or operations in Colombia," a plan that has generated a swell of protest among Latin American countries, including Colombia, the largest recipient of U.S. military aid in the hemisphere. Bases deal "presents enormous dangers for entire hemisphere" "It is rational for regional leaders to see the installation… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/us_religious_and_grassroots_leaders_urge_clinton_to_suspend_military_base_talks_with_colombia Fri, 14 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/colombia_indigenous_people_troubled_by_us_military_presence The head of Colombia's biggest association of indigenous people is concerned that allowing U.S. troops to use military bases in his country will signal a regression to former times when the United States exercised control over Latin America, while a native activist warned of an increase in the number of cases of sexual abuse of young indigenous women by foreign soldiers. By Gustavo Capdevila for Inter Press Service (IPS) A recent agreement between Bogotá and Washington for the U.S. to use… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/colombia_indigenous_people_troubled_by_us_military_presence Mon, 10 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/bolivia_propone_a_unasur_rechazar_bases_militares Bolivia presentó un proyecto de resolución ante UNASUR para impedir la instalación de bases militares de Estados Unidos en Sudamérica. El proyetco será debatido el lunes en la Cumbre Presidencial de ese organismo (ABI) Quito, Ecuador (ABI).- Bolivia propuso hoy en Quito, Ecuador, una Declaración a la Unión de Naciones Suramericanas (UNASUR) de rechazo a la presencia de bases militares extranjeras en la región y planteó la convocatoria… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/bolivia_propone_a_unasur_rechazar_bases_militares Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/big_success_for_the_german_peace_movement_against_the_quot_bombodrom_quot_ The "bombodrom" is a 120 square kilometers big area in Germany, 80 km north of Berlin. This area was used by the Russian Air Force as bombing and shooting training area (therefore comes the Russian word "bombodrom".). The people in this area suffered for the noise and the poisoning of the environment for more than 20 years. After the unification of Germany. they had hoped that this will stop. But since 1992 the German government wanted to use this area for the German Air Force. Since that time the… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/big_success_for_the_german_peace_movement_against_the_quot_bombodrom_quot_ Tue, 04 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/cebrapaz_repudiates_the_us_military_presence_in_latin_america The Brazilian Centre of Solidarity to the Peoples and Struggle for Peace (Cebrapaz), a Brazilian social movement that is in charge of the WPC - World Peace Council Presidency, makes public its repudiation to the newest military wage in South America - through the military agreement between USA and Colombia. The US's utilization of the military bases of Palanquero, Apiay, Malambo, Cartagena and Malaga located in Colombian territory constitutes a serious menace to security and peace in our region.… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/cebrapaz_repudiates_the_us_military_presence_in_latin_america Sat, 01 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/three_good_reasons_to_liquidate_our_empire_and_ten_steps_to_take_to_do_so However ambitious President Barack Obama's domestic plans, one unacknowledged issue has the potential to destroy any reform efforts he might launch. Think of it as the 800-pound gorilla in the American living room: our longstanding reliance on imperialism and militarism in our relations with other countries and the vast, potentially ruinous global empire of bases that goes with it. The failure to begin to deal with our bloated military establishment and the profligate use of it in missions for which… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/three_good_reasons_to_liquidate_our_empire_and_ten_steps_to_take_to_do_so Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/obama_s_empire In December 2008, shortly before being sworn in as the 44th president of the United States, Barack Obama pledged his belief that, "to ensure prosperity here at home and peace abroad", it was vital to maintain "the strongest military on the planet". Unveiling his national security team, including George Bush's defence secretary, Robert Gates, he said: "We also agree the strength of our military has to be combined with the wisdom and force of diplomacy, and that we are going to be committed to rebuilding… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/obama_s_empire Wed, 29 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/britain_s_own_guantanamo_ministers_must_end_the_cover_ups_over_diego_garcia_s_role_as_a_centre_of_cia_rendition_and_torture Piece by piece, the truth is finally coming out about Britain's own Guantánamo Bay - Diego Garcia. Today the human rights lawyers group Reprieve began a legal case on behalf of Saad Iqbal Madni, who they say was transited through the UK-controlled Indian Ocean island as part of the CIA's secret rendition programme. Madni, whom Reprieve says was tortured in Egypt, Afghanistan, and Guantánamo Bay after his stopover in Diego Garcia, has been released in Pakistan where - according to Clive… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/britain_s_own_guantanamo_ministers_must_end_the_cover_ups_over_diego_garcia_s_role_as_a_centre_of_cia_rendition_and_torture Tue, 28 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/rest_of_south_america_has_reason_to_be_alarmed_by_future_us_military_presence_on_colombian_bases_ With the hemisphere fixated on the coup d'etat in Honduras, the Colombian military announced it would be opening up some of its military bases to be shared with the US military. This caused immediate condemnation from the leadership of Colombia's neighbors, Ecuador and Venezuela. Forrest Hylton, expert on Colombian affairs, believes that the two countries are justified in their reservations about the move, given the potential the base offers and the recent history of US surveillance activity in… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/rest_of_south_america_has_reason_to_be_alarmed_by_future_us_military_presence_on_colombian_bases_ Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/revamping_plan_colombia_ The U.S. Air Force made its last flight from its military base in Manta, Ecuador in mid-July; it's closing because of Ecuador's concerns over arrogance and aggression. While the Pentagon abided by the eviction, it didn't use the occasion to re-examine its missions in the region or correct its overreach. On the contrary, the military appears to be escalating its operations in the Andes. By John Lindsay-Poland, for Foreign Policy in Focus President Barack Obama met with Colombian President Álvaro… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/revamping_plan_colombia_ Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/colombia_uribe_agrees_us_quot_access_quot_to_military_bases With parliament in recess, the Colombian government of Álvaro Uribe confirmed that it would give the United States access to at least three military bases. "It sounds to me like the U.S. is planning to increase its overall military and paramilitary engagement in the Colombian conflict," said Wilbert van der Zeijden, a researcher on militarism and globalisation at the Transnational Institute in Amsterdam. Van der Zeijden, who is also executive coordinator of the Netherlands-based International… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/colombia_uribe_agrees_us_quot_access_quot_to_military_bases Sat, 18 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/us_arsenal_of_hypocrisy_poised_for_another_launch Call for Local Protests on Weekend of August 22/23 The US arsenal of hypocrisy is poised for another launch from Vandenberg AFB in Southern California in the early morning hours of August 23. Our government lectures and threatens Iran and North Korea about the evils of nuclear weapons and then arrogantly continues to fire nuclear missiles from California into the Pacific Ocean.   The US will launch the high speed, hair trigger Minuteman III  nuclear weapon delivery… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/us_arsenal_of_hypocrisy_poised_for_another_launch Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/seven_more_activists_inside_shoalwater_bay_military_training_area Seven anti-war activists entered the Shoalwater Bay military training area in central Queensland during joint US-Australian Talisman Sabre exercises. The seven remain in the area and are presently moving towards the 'live fire' areas with the intention of shutting down the exercises. They remain undetected by Australian Defence Force Security and the Qld Police guarding the area. The activists are:Yulangi Bardon, 21;Jake Bolton, 27;Jim Dowling, 53; Bryan Law, 55;Emily Nielson, 19; Culley Palmer,… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/seven_more_activists_inside_shoalwater_bay_military_training_area Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/the_cost_of_empire When he travels abroad, Barack Obama is the consummate pitchman. He tells stories, he cracks jokes, he delivers mini-lectures with a light touch - all in the service of selling product. It's not an easy job. Imagine trying to sell GM cars after Ralph Nader's attack on its Corvair in the 1960s, or shilling for Nestlé after the infant formula boycott of the 1970s and 1980s. Obama's product - America - has taken a beating in the marketplace over the last eight years or so. The president has… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/the_cost_of_empire Tue, 14 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/christian_activists_enter_restricted_military_area_during_live_fire_exercises Four nonviolent Christian activists have entered the Shoalwater Bay Training Area this morning to stop the Talisman Saber exercises.  Calling themselves the "Bonhoeffer 4" after Kevin Rudd's favourite theologian, Margaret Pestorius (44, Social Worker, Cairns), Jarrod McKenna (28, School Peace Educator, Perth) Jessica Morrison (33, University lecturer, Melbourne) and Rev. Simon Moyle (32, Baptist Minister, Melbourne) are currently moving towards a live-fire area.  They call on the Australian… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/christian_activists_enter_restricted_military_area_during_live_fire_exercises Mon, 13 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/_quot_stop_talisman_sabre_quot_campaigners_arrested_and_imprisoned_in_australia Australian Catholic Workers, Jim Dowling and Ciaron O'Reilly were arrested this morning while blocking a major military access road to the Talisman Sabre 09 exercises being held at Shoalwater, central Queensland, Australia. Along with seven other anti war activists, the pair blockaded the road for over and hour and a half, and prevented more than a dozen US Army Jeep Troop carriers from entering the area. The activists raised a signpost to mark the road "Talsiman Sabre 09 - The Road… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/_quot_stop_talisman_sabre_quot_campaigners_arrested_and_imprisoned_in_australia Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/plan_colombia_exporting_the_model The Merida Initiative, Washington's new security program for Mexico and Central America, was immediately dubbed "Plan Mexico" by its critics-implying it is a new version of Plan Colombia. Mexico is now poised to supersede Colombia as the hemisphere's top recipient of U.S. security aid. From its origins 10 years ago, the multibillion-dollar aid package and militarized anti-narcotics program known as Plan Colombia was understood by its proponents as a model to be applied elsewhere in the hemisphere,… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/plan_colombia_exporting_the_model Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/german_parliament_votes_to_close_bombodrom_base Throughout the Cold War, the Bombodrom site was used for DDR/Soviet target practice of heavy bombardments and for the testing of new artillery. Since the end of the Cold War, the German army, the Bundeswehr has been planning to transform the site into a joint training facility for NATO airforce operations. Local citizens groups and an increasing number of national German and European pro-peace and anti-militarism groups opposed the idea of a renewed military role for the Bombodrom facilities staging… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/german_parliament_votes_to_close_bombodrom_base Sun, 05 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/italians_protest_us_base_expansion Several thousand Italians, protesting against a planned expansion of an airport and a US military base in Vicenza, have clashed with police forces. A 500-million-dollar expansion plan would make the US military base one of the biggest in Europe. Riot police fired teargas at protesters who were trying to cross a bridge leading to the US military base at the Dal Molin airport in the northern city of Vicenza. The demonstrators, wearing motorcycle helmets and carrying plexiglass shields, lit firecrackers,… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/italians_protest_us_base_expansion Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/how_to_deal_with_america_s_empire_of_bases_a_modest_proposal_for_garrisoned_lands The U.S. Empire of Bases -- at $102 billion a year already the world's costliest military enterprise -- just got a good deal more expensive. As a start, on May 27th, we learned that the State Department will build a new "embassy" in Islamabad, Pakistan, which at $736 million will be the second priciest ever constructed, only $4 million less, if cost overruns don't occur, than the Vatican-City-sized one the Bush administration put up in Baghdad. The State Department was also reportedly planning to… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/how_to_deal_with_america_s_empire_of_bases_a_modest_proposal_for_garrisoned_lands Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/time_to_close_the_us_bases_in_the_antilles Since 1999, The Netherlands has been leasing two airfields in the Caribbean to the American army. The US uses the two bases off the coast of Venezuela - on the Aruba and Curaçao islands - to monitor and intercept drug transports. The bases are part of a larger group of US military facilities set up over the past decade to fight the 'war on drugs'. The ten-year lease is now up, which means that the Dutch government has to decide whether to continue with the arrangement. By Wilbert van der… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/time_to_close_the_us_bases_in_the_antilles Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/white_house_to_hold_firm_on_european_missile_shield In advance of Pres. Obama's first trip to Russia next week, the White House is serving notice on the Kremlin that he won't be making any concessions to win its approval of a U.S. missile shield in Europe or membership in NATO for Russian neighbors Ukraine and Georgia. "We don't need the Russians," says Michael McFaul, special assistant to the president and senior director for Russian affairs on the National Security Council staff. In a conference call with reporters, McFaul responded with unusually… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/white_house_to_hold_firm_on_european_missile_shield Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/iraqis_are_too_shrewd_to_fall_for_an_invisible_occupation We are at the beginning of the end. On Tuesday, US troops left Iraq's cities, and in two years they will leave the country. Or so the official story goes. In reality, most of the "withdrawing" forces are merely relocating to forward operating bases where they appear to be hunkering down for a long entr'acte offstage in expensive, built-to-last facilities. by Priya Satia, for the Financial Times Still, Nouri al-Maliki, the prime minister, is touting this redistribution of American power as a "great… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/iraqis_are_too_shrewd_to_fall_for_an_invisible_occupation Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/italy_to_declare_independence_from_us_military Do they have a fourth of July in Italy? That's not a trick question. This July 4th, Italians plan to gather in Vicenza to take nonviolent action aimed at freeing Italy from U.S. occupation and opposing the proposed construction of an enormous new U.S. military base in a town already swarming with U.S. troops stationed at existing bases. For years now, a major campaign organized by local residents has resisted the construction of the new base. The history of this campaign is chronicled in English… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/italy_to_declare_independence_from_us_military Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/in_solidarity_with_the_citizens_of_vicenza_we_declare_independence_from_the_us_army To the citizens of Vicenza, It is with deep respect for your struggle and your cause that we, the International Network for the Abolition of Foreign Military Bases, send you this letter of support on the eve of your Declaration of Independence from the US military, on July 4th 2009. The struggle in Vicenza continues to inspire dozens of similar campaigns across the globe, and thousands of activists and campaigners in the more than 100 countries and territories that "host" a foreign military presence.… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/in_solidarity_with_the_citizens_of_vicenza_we_declare_independence_from_the_us_army Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/per_la_gente_di_vicenza Ai vicentini e alle vicentine Con profondo rispetto per la vostra lotta e la vostra causa noi, l'International Network for the Abolition of Foreign Military Bases (rete internazionale per l'abolizione delle basi militari straniere), vi inviamo questa lettera di solidarietà alla vigilia della vostra Dichiarazione di Indipendenza dall'esercito statunitense, il 4 luglio 2009. La lotta di Vicenza continua a ispirare decine di campagne simili in tutto il globo e migliaia di attivisti negli oltre… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/per_la_gente_di_vicenza Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/on_okinawa_us_move_may_lead_to_nixing_of_futenma_relocation_plan WASHINGTON - A key U.S. congressional committee has added an amendment to the fiscal 2010 defense budget that would make it hard to realize an agreement reached by the Japanese and U.S. governments over the relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture. Japan and the United States have already agreed the facility will be relocated to the shoreline off Camp Schwab in Nago, in the prefecture. By Satoshi Ogawa, for Yomiuri Shimbun The amendment says the U.S.… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/on_okinawa_us_move_may_lead_to_nixing_of_futenma_relocation_plan Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/waihopai_spybase_protests_coming_up The Waihopai spybase was dragged into the public spotlight in April 2008 when three Ploughshares peace activists penetrated its high security and deflated one of the two domes concealing its satellite dishes from the NZ public. The Anti-Bases Campaign was happy to support this non-violent direct action anti-war activity (which is yet to come to trial). The public face of New Zealand's role as an American ally is the NZ military presence in Afghanistan. But New Zealand's most significant contribution… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/waihopai_spybase_protests_coming_up Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/kyrgyzstan_won_t_close_us_base_ Kyrgyzstan has essentially reversed a decision to close an American air base that is central to the NATO mission in nearby Afghanistan, after the United States acceded to sharply higher rent and to minor restrictions on the site, Kyrgyz and American officials said Tuesday. The turnabout is a victory for the Obama administration as it seeks to step up operations to quell the Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan. The Kyrgyz government had ordered the base closed in February, apparently under pressure… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/kyrgyzstan_won_t_close_us_base_ Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/protest_against_nuclear_missile_test_firing We lecture and threaten Iran and North Korea about the evils of weapons of mass destruction (WMD). But the US routinely tests our own WMD's from Vandenberg Air Force Base in southern California. And there will soon be another "test firing" of a Minuteman III nuclear missile from that base.   A protest is planned at the time of the next launch of a Minuteman III from Vandenberg. The target of the rocket will be the Ronald Reagan missile test range, Kwajalein atoll in the Marshall Islands in… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/protest_against_nuclear_missile_test_firing Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/vicenza_us_army_on_the_run By now, every aspect of city life in Vicenza is touched by the ever growing US military presence. We got used to it of course, almost without realising it. Since childhood, many of us have seen Camp Ederle as a common part of Vicenza, like Monte Berico, the Station, Corso Palladio. We got so used to it that we almost failed to notice how, year after year, Camp Ederle was enlargedarged, eating up our land right in front of us. Camp Ederle doubled in size and the buildings got bigger, and taller.… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/vicenza_us_army_on_the_run Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/join_the_vicenza_july_4th_declaration_of_independence_from_us_military_occupation On JULY 4th, the NoDalMolin movement, citizens of Vicenza and people from all different parts of Italy will manifest, march and work to FREE Dal Molin airfield, and to achieve the INDEPENDENCE from the U.S. army bases. Even a delegation of citizens from L'Aquila - recently devasted by the earthquake, April 6th - will come to Vicenza to express solidarity and friendship with the citizens of Vicenza and their determination to defend their territory and the environment. On July 4th,  the US celebrates… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/join_the_vicenza_july_4th_declaration_of_independence_from_us_military_occupation Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/marianas_chain_is_not_being_told_about_extent_of_us_military_plans American anthropologist Catherine Lutz says there has been inadequate consultation by the US military with the local community on Guam where it plans to transfer 8,000 marines over the next few years.In her new book, Catherine Lutz claims that territories which host these posts face a range of devastating environmental, social and financial impacts. US military officials recently told an industry forum on Guam that the troop build-up will be a win-win situation, with plans for utilities and infrastructure… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/marianas_chain_is_not_being_told_about_extent_of_us_military_plans Sun, 14 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/uk_foreign_affairs_committee_critical_of_us_md_deployment_in_europe The UK Foreign Affairs Committee published a rather interesting report on UK's role in non-proliferation. There are several parts worth reading. Among other things, the report calls for greater transparancy with regard to Israel's nuclear arsenal and stresses that the Israeli nuclear capability undermines NPT and other non-proliferation efforts. The report also recommends an active role for the UK in strengthening the Test Ban Treaty, the Land-mine treaty; support for a Middle East Nuclear Weapons… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/uk_foreign_affairs_committee_critical_of_us_md_deployment_in_europe Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/visita_de_la_comision_especializada_de_asuntos_internacionales_y_seguridad_publica_a_la_base_de_manta 21 y 22 de Mayo de 2009 1.      Antecedentes La Asamblea Constituyente, en abril del 2008, solicitó al Presidente de la República, Rafael Correa, que conforme una comisión para que audite las actividades que realizaron las fuerzas armadas estadounidenses durante sus diez años de permanencia en Manta. La decisión consideraba dos aspectos: primero, que era necesario tener claridad sobre las operaciones realizadas desde Manta por las tropas… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/visita_de_la_comision_especializada_de_asuntos_internacionales_y_seguridad_publica_a_la_base_de_manta Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/_mikhail_gorbachev_calls_for_new_american_revolution Mikhail Gorbachev, the Soviet Union's last communist general secretary, called for a new American "revolution" - also calling it a "perestroika," or government restructuring - [1] in an editorial published Wednesday in The Sydney Morning Herald. "Some have reacted with understanding. Others have objected, sometimes sarcastically, suggesting that I want the United States to experience upheaval, just like the former Soviet Union. In my country, particularly caustic reactions have come from the opponents… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/_mikhail_gorbachev_calls_for_new_american_revolution Mon, 08 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/no_dal_molin_occupies_part_of_the_dal_molin_construction_site Last saturday, No Dal Molin campaigners entered and occupied part of the Dal Molin construction site where a new US military base is planned against the wishes of the large majority of the local citizens. The occupation is part of a series of actions planned for the month of June, leading up to the 4th of July when the No Dal Molin campaign plans to reclaim the NO Dal Molin grounds for the people of Vicenza and to declare independence from the US. Enzo Magnini reports: "The flag of the citizens… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/no_dal_molin_occupies_part_of_the_dal_molin_construction_site Sun, 07 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/swedish_antimilitarist_network_ofog_takes_action_against_nato_ The world's largest nuclear weapons club and war machine, NATO, is coming to Lapland in northern Sweden on June 8th -16th, for their largest military air exercise in 2009. Altogether, 60 fighter jets and 2 000 soldiers will gather in Sweden (officially a non-Nato state!) to train for war. The British aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious, with 1000 soldiers on board, will be stationed in the Gulf of Botnia outside the city of Luleå. The desicion to invite NATO was taken outside of the democratic… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/swedish_antimilitarist_network_ofog_takes_action_against_nato_ Sat, 06 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/nuclear_test_veterans_win_right_to_sue_british_mod 1,000 servicemen exposed to radiation in South Pacific and Australia during 1950s claim for cancer and other illnesses. Military veterans who claim they were negligently exposed to excessive radiation during nuclear tests in the 1950s won a high court case today permitting them to sue the Ministry of Defence, exposing the government to a potential compensation bill running into hundreds of millions of pounds. A group of around 1,000 veterans of tests in the South Pacific and Australia between 1952… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/nuclear_test_veterans_win_right_to_sue_british_mod Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/the_new_no_dal_molin_website_is_launched_today From this morning, June 4th 2009, the new website of No Dal Molin is online. Exaclty one month from the manifestation of July 4th, we are launching our new website: an instrument for information on and for the No Dal Molin movement, but also a space to share our collective considerations, thoughts, dreams, our small and large utopias that together we want to make real. Visit us at: www.nodalmolin.it   http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/the_new_no_dal_molin_website_is_launched_today Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/international_womens_network_against_militarism_to_meet_on_guam_for_their_7th_conference 7th International Meeting of the International Women's Network Against MilitarismSeptember 14-19, 2009 - University of Guam campus, Mangilao, Guam The International Women's Network Against Militarism was formed in 1997 when forty women activists, policy-makers, teachers, and students from South Korea, Okinawa, mainland Japan, the Philippines, and the continental United States gathered in Okinawa to strategize together about the negative effects of the US military in each of their countries. In 2000,… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/international_womens_network_against_militarism_to_meet_on_guam_for_their_7th_conference Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/new_military_base_in_colombia_would_spread_pentagon_reach_throughout_latin_america The Pentagon budget submitted to Congress on May 7, 2009 includes $46 million for development of a new U.S. military base in Palanquero, Colombia. The official justification states that the Defense Department seeks "an array of access arrangements for contingency operations, logistics, and training in Central/South America." The military facility in Colombia will give the United States military increased capacity for intervention throughout most of Latin America. The plan is being advanced amid… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/new_military_base_in_colombia_would_spread_pentagon_reach_throughout_latin_america Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/_call_for_essays_on_foreign_military_bases In light of the ever increasing number of U.S. and other nations' foreign military bases, and growing U.S. and international movements working for their withdrawal, Peace Review is soliciting submissions for a special issue about these bases which make 21st century military interventions and wars possible. We invite scholars from all disciplines, as well as activists, social workers and journalists in the U.S. and "host" communities and nations to address issues related to these bases. Potential… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/_call_for_essays_on_foreign_military_bases Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/nato_of_the_south_chile_south_africa_australia_antarctica On May 28, Carolina Toha, spokeswoman for Chilean President Michelle Bachelet, stated that "Chile has developed strategic ties with the United States since long ago" and expressed her government's eagerness to expand them. [1] Employing the standard rationale of sharing "more similarity with the Obama administration" than with its predecessor, a pose adopted by world politicians of all stripes since the US presidential election of last November 4th - including conservatives like France's Nicholas… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/nato_of_the_south_chile_south_africa_australia_antarctica Sat, 30 May 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/_ten_years_of_the_visiting_forces_agreement_an_assessment_by_roland_simbulan In this report, Roland G. Simbilan assesses ten years of unconstitutional US military presence in the Philippines. Since 1999, heavily armed US soldiers are allowed to enter Filipino territory without passports or visas, for so-called joint training exercises. Without clearance from customs or immigration authorities, without quarantine clearances from Filipino health authorities, without licences or registration for driving their vehicles, and immune to prosecution for crimes committed, US soldiers… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/_ten_years_of_the_visiting_forces_agreement_an_assessment_by_roland_simbulan Thu, 28 May 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/foreign_military_bases_and_the_us_military_presence_in_colombia_perpetuate_the_systematic_disappearance_of_human_rights_and_colombia_s_independence The Medellín Youth Network is an organization of youth who promote nonviolence, civil disobedience, human rights and conscientious objection by means that contribute to the construction of a demilitarized society. For us the plans for war, such as Colombian military bases where there are foreign – especially US – soldiers, are more reliable evidence that in this country there is neither sovereignty, nor autonomy, nor independence. We believe the installation of the new base in… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/foreign_military_bases_and_the_us_military_presence_in_colombia_perpetuate_the_systematic_disappearance_of_human_rights_and_colombia_s_independence Thu, 28 May 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/las_bases_militares_extranjeras_y_a_la_presencia_militar_estadounidense_en_colombia_perpetua_la_desaparicion_sistematica_de_los_derechos_humanos_y_de_la_independencia_en_colombia_ La Red Juvenil de Medellín, es una organización de jóvenes que promueve la no-violencia, la desobediencia civil, los derechos humanos y la objeción de conciencia, como formas de aportarle a la construcción de una sociedad desmilitarizada. Para nosotros los planes de guerra como las bases militares colombianas donde se encuentran militares extranjeros, especialmente estadounidenses son la muestra mas fehaciente de que en este país no existe soberanía, ni autonomía, ni independencia. Así… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/las_bases_militares_extranjeras_y_a_la_presencia_militar_estadounidense_en_colombia_perpetua_la_desaparicion_sistematica_de_los_derechos_humanos_y_de_la_independencia_en_colombia_ Thu, 28 May 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/pipelineistan_goes_iran_pak_ The earth has been shaking for a few days now all across Pipelineistan - with massive repercussions for all the big players in the New Great Game in Eurasia. United States President Barack Obama's AfPak strategists didn't even see it coming. A silent, reptilian war had been going on for years between the US-favored Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) pipeline and its rival, the Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) pipeline, also known as the "peace pipeline". This past weekend, a winner emerged.… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/pipelineistan_goes_iran_pak_ Tue, 26 May 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/why_andre_shepherd_a_u_s_soldier_is_applying_for_asylum_in_germany By Elsa Rassbach Background: the view from Berlin, May 26, 2009. Early in June, President Barack Obama will sign into law the supplemental funding of 92 billion U.S. dollars for the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan that was approved by the U.S. Congress last week. Then he will depart for a speaking tour and meetings with heads of state in Egypt and in Europe. On June 5th, he will be coming to visit us here in Germany, making stops at the concentration camp at Buchenwald, at Weimar,… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/why_andre_shepherd_a_u_s_soldier_is_applying_for_asylum_in_germany Tue, 26 May 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/france_opens_military_base_in_united_arab_emirates_despite_iranian_concerns Facility in UAE to safeguard shipping lines, fight piracy and compete with Britain and the US for influence in the Gulf Nicolas Sarkozy today opened France's first permanent military base in the Gulf region, in a symbolic move to show his new tough line on Iran and to compete with Britain and the US for military and commercial influence in the area. The Abu Dhabi base in the United Arab Emirates is the first foreign military installation built by France for 50 years and its first ever base outside… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/france_opens_military_base_in_united_arab_emirates_despite_iranian_concerns Tue, 26 May 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/another_case_confirms_agent_orange_on_guam Another veteran who was stationed at Andersen Air Force Base from 1962 to 1965 won his claim for disability benefits based on medical findings which showed that his illness was the result of his exposure to Agent Orange. The Air Force veteran, who requested anonymity, has been suffering from diabetes mellitus type 2, which the Department of Veterans Affairs confirmed to be service-related. By Mar-Vic Cagurangan for Variety News The decision issued by the Department of Veterans on April 16 was the… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/another_case_confirms_agent_orange_on_guam Mon, 25 May 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/obama_s_guantanamo_plans_don_t_match_rhetoric US President Barck Obama is failing to match his words to his actions, according to one Washington analyst, and his promise to end the Guantanamo "mess" must not lead to detention without trial on American soil. Phyllis Bennis, Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington and at the Transnational Institute in Amsterdam,was reacting to a Thursday's speech on national security policies in which President Obama vowed he would not retreat on his decision to close the Guantanamo Bay detention… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/obama_s_guantanamo_plans_don_t_match_rhetoric Mon, 25 May 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/us_will_significantly_increase_security_assistance_spending_for_african_countries_in_2010_1 The budget request submitted to Congress by the Obama administration for FY 2010 proposes significant increases in U.S. security assistance programs for African countries. This suggests that, at least initially, the Obama administration is following the course laid down for the new Africa Command by the Bush administration, rather than putting these programs on hold until it can conduct a serious review of U.S. security policy towards Africa. For the original file, see the Summary and Highlights… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/us_will_significantly_increase_security_assistance_spending_for_african_countries_in_2010_1 Sun, 24 May 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/youth_activists_take_center_stage_in_guam_rallyists_promote_creative_activism Educate, express, empower. This was the central theme of the Reclaim Guåhan Rally [Chule' Tatte Guåhan] staged on Saturday by young activists at the Skinner's Plaza in Hagåtña. One of the event coordinators, Victoria-Lola Leon Guerrero, expressed her sentiments about the ongoing military buildup, which many in the community see as a "done deal." By Jude Lizama, for Variety News "I'd like to challenge our community to begin to envision that it isn't a done deal. We currently… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/youth_activists_take_center_stage_in_guam_rallyists_promote_creative_activism Sat, 23 May 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/join_the_keep_space_for_peace_week_of_protest_october_3_10_2009 Modern warfare, such as the U.S. occupation of Afghanistan and attacks on Pakistan, uses Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and GPS-guided bombs. Directed by space satellites, and remotely controlled far from the battlefield, these weapons are responsible for massive civilian casualties.   In the 2003 “shock and awe” attack on Iraq, 70% of the weapons used by the Pentagon were directed to their targets by space technology. And many of the military bases we in the No-bases Network fight… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/join_the_keep_space_for_peace_week_of_protest_october_3_10_2009 Fri, 22 May 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/7th_international_meeting_of_the_international_women_s_network_against_militarism_september_14_19_2009_mangilao_guam The International Women’s Network Against Militarism was formed in 1997 when forty women activists, policy-makers, teachers, and students from South Korea, Okinawa, mainland Japan, the Philippines, and the continental United States gathered in Okinawa to strategize together about the negative effects of the US military in each of their countries. In 2000, women from Puerto Rico who opposed the US Navy bombing training on the island of Vieques also joined, and in 2004, women from Hawaii. Guam… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/7th_international_meeting_of_the_international_women_s_network_against_militarism_september_14_19_2009_mangilao_guam Wed, 20 May 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/released_today_island_of_shame_the_secret_history_of_the_u_s_military_base_on_diego_garcia_by_david_vine Island of Shame is the first major book to reveal the shocking truth of how the United States conspired with Britain to forcibly expel Diego Garcia's indigenous people--the Chagossians--and deport them to slums in Mauritius and the Seychelles, where most live in dire poverty to this day. Drawing on interviews with Washington insiders, military strategists, and exiled islanders, as well as hundreds of declassified documents, David Vine exposes the secret history of Diego Garcia. He chronicles the… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/released_today_island_of_shame_the_secret_history_of_the_u_s_military_base_on_diego_garcia_by_david_vine Tue, 19 May 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/pentagon_plans_latin_america_wide_intervention_ability_for_new_military_base_in_colombia Fellowship Of Reconciliation Press Release May 18, 2009, Oakland (US) The United States is planning to establish a new military facility in Colombia that will give the U.S. increased capacity for military intervention throughout most of Latin America. Given the tense relations of Washington with Venezuela, Bolivia, and Ecuador, as well as the Colombian military's atrocious human rights record, the Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR) believes the plan should be subjected to vigorous debate. "This… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/pentagon_plans_latin_america_wide_intervention_ability_for_new_military_base_in_colombia Tue, 19 May 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/el_pentagono_planea_la_capacidad_de_intervenir_en_toda_america_latina_para_la_nueva_base_militar_en_colombia 18 de Mayo de 2009, Oakland, California, EEUU: Estados Unidos está planeando establecer una nueva instalación militar en Colombia que brindará a EE.UU. más capacidad para intervenir a lo largo de casi toda América Latina. Dadas las relaciones tensas de Washington con Venezuela, Bolivia y Ecuador, así como la espantosa historia de derechos humanos de las fuerzas militares de Colombia, el Movimiento de Reconciliación (Fellowship of Reconcialtion - FOR) cree que este plan debería ser sometido… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/el_pentagono_planea_la_capacidad_de_intervenir_en_toda_america_latina_para_la_nueva_base_militar_en_colombia Mon, 18 May 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/a_palanquero_colombia_la_nuova_base_usa_quot_anti_coca_quot_ Il Pentagono ha già individuato la base aerea che sostituirà l'installazione di Manta (Ecuador) nella gestione delle operazioni militari statunitensi contro i produttori di coca delle regioni andine ed amazzoniche e le organizzazioni guerrigliere colombiane. Secondo il quotidiano di Bogotà El Tiempo, si tratta dell'aeroporto "Germán Olano" di Palanquero, Puerto Salgar, dipartimento di Cundinamarca, 120 miglia a nord della capitale. Dopo la decisione del presidente ecuadoriano… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/a_palanquero_colombia_la_nuova_base_usa_quot_anti_coca_quot_ Sun, 17 May 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/chalmers_johnson_on_the_cost_of_empire In her foreword to "The Bases of Empire: The Global Struggle Against U.S. Military Posts," an important collection of articles on United States militarism and imperialism, edited by Catherine Lutz, the prominent feminist writer Cynthia Enloe notes one of our most abject failures as a government and a democracy: "There is virtually no news coverage-no journalists' or editors' curiosity-about the pressures or lures at work when the U.S. government seeks to persuade officials of Romania, Aruba or Ecuador… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/chalmers_johnson_on_the_cost_of_empire Sat, 16 May 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/folleto_no_m_s_bases_de_guerra_ Después de la Conferencia Mundial por la Abolición de las Bases Militares Extranjeras, realizada en Quito y Manta (Ecuador) en marzo de 2007, se conformó la Red Mundial No Bases, la cual desarrolla una intensa actividad para luchar contra la estrategia militarista del imperio en las diferentes regiones del mundo que ha instalado más de 1000 bases militares en 130 países. Para Ecuador fue una oportunidad que el mundo conozca sobre la base de EE.UU.en Manta y en… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/folleto_no_m_s_bases_de_guerra_ Sat, 16 May 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/ad_aviano_120_paracadutisti_dell_esercito_usa Sarà l'unico reparto che l'US Army attiverà in Europa entro il prossimo anno. La destinazione è Aviano (Pordenone), dove sorge la base aerea statunitense sede del principale comando dell'US Air Force nel vecchio continente, trampolino di lancio dei cacciabombardieri a capacità nucleare F-16 in dotazione al 31st Fighter Wing USA. Ha già un nome, "56th Quartermaster Company", letteralmente "56^ Compagnia Timonieri", è sarà composto da 120 uomini super… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/ad_aviano_120_paracadutisti_dell_esercito_usa Fri, 15 May 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/us_to_spend_46_million_on_colombian_military_base The budget handed down by U.S. President Barack Obama's administration allocated US$46 million to the expansion of Colombia's Palanquero Air Base north of Bogota.   The request, which must be approved by U.S. Congress, does not explicitly state if the Palanquero base will replace the U.S base in Manta, Ecuador.  The Ecuadorean Government requested the base be closed by November and the U.S. looked to Colombia to maintain its military presence in the region.   According to El Tiempo,… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/us_to_spend_46_million_on_colombian_military_base Thu, 14 May 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/white_house_czar_calls_for_end_to_war_on_drugs_ Kerlikowske Says Analogy Is Counterproductive; Shift Aligns With Administration Preference for Treatment Over Incarceration   By Gary Fields   WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration's new drug czar says he wants to banish the idea that the U.S. is fighting "a war on drugs," a move that would underscore a shift favoring treatment over incarceration in trying to reduce illicit drug use. In his first interview since being confirmed to head the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy,… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/white_house_czar_calls_for_end_to_war_on_drugs_ Wed, 13 May 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/washington_post_don_t_just_close_gitmo_give_it_back President Obama has promised to shut down the detention camp at Guantanamo Bay, seeking to erase a blot on America's global image. He has also reached to Cuba, easing some travel and financial restrictions in an effort to recast Washington's approach to the island. These two initiatives have proceeded on separate tracks so far, but now is the time to bring them together. Hiding in plain sight, the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay is the ideal place for Obama to launch a far-reaching transformation… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/washington_post_don_t_just_close_gitmo_give_it_back Tue, 12 May 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/coalicion_no_bases_ecuador_participa_en_visita_a_fol_en_manta Coalición No Bases Ecuador participa en visita a FOL en Mantacon Comisión de Relaciones Internacionales de Comisión Legislativa de Ecuador Con el propósito de analizar una serie de denuncias sobre supuestas violaciones a los derechos humanos presentadas por la Coalición No Bases en la Comisión Legislativa de Ecuador,  los vocales de la Comisión de Relaciones Internacionales y Seguridad Pública viajarán el próximo 21 de mayo… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/coalicion_no_bases_ecuador_participa_en_visita_a_fol_en_manta Tue, 12 May 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/join_the_vicenza_independence_day_on_july_4th_ Appeal: on the eve of G8 everybody come to Vicenza   On the eve of G8 and the arrival of Obama in Italy the "No Dal Molin" invite everyone to Vicenza to free Dal Molin from the new war base. "When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bonds which have connected them with another, [...] a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the cause which impel them to the separation." [Incipit to the Declaration… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/join_the_vicenza_independence_day_on_july_4th_ Tue, 12 May 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/un_miliardo_di_dollari_per_le_nuove_basi_usa_in_afghanistan       Erano 38.000 i militari USA in Afghanistan sino all'avvio della controffensiva di primavera nel sud del paese e in Pakistan. Per il Pentagono, l'obiettivo è però quello di trasferire nell'area di guerra altri 30.000 militari entro la fine dell'anno e 12.000 nel 2010. Una escalation senza precedenti che richiede la realizzazione in tempi brevissimi di infrastrutture di supporto per le nuove "brigate di combattimento". L'US Army ha così richiesto lo stanziamento… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/un_miliardo_di_dollari_per_le_nuove_basi_usa_in_afghanistan Tue, 12 May 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/un_miliardo_di_dollari_per_le_nuove_basi_usa_in_afghanistan_1 <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:SimSun; panose-1:2 1 6 0 3 1 1 1 1 1; mso-font-alt:"Arial Unicode MS"; mso-font-charset:134; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-format:other; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:1 135135232 16 0 262144 0;} @font-face {font-family:"\@SimSun"; panose-1:0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0; mso-font-charset:134; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-format:other; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:1 135135232 16 0 262144 0;} /* Style Definitions… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/un_miliardo_di_dollari_per_le_nuove_basi_usa_in_afghanistan_1 Mon, 11 May 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/australian_military_buildup_and_the_rise_of_asian_nato On March 2, 2009 the Australian Department of Defence released a 140-page white paper called Defending Australia in the Asia Pacific century: force 2030 (1), which announced $72 billion in new military spending for an island nation of barely 20 million inhabitants with no adversaries except those it chooses to make for itself.   By Rick Rozoff   The document details the Australian government's plans to acquire and expand a full spectrum - air, sea and land - arsenal of advanced weaponry… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/australian_military_buildup_and_the_rise_of_asian_nato Mon, 11 May 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/stop_talisman_sabre_join_the_july_10_13_peace_convergence The Australian Government is hosting Talisman Sabre, a huge US-Australian military exercise in July. We oppose these war games because They are held on land which belongs to the Aboriginal people. They are designed to practice aggression and offensive military strategies, not to defend Australia or protect its people. They are intended to train Australian military personnel to take US military orders – the so-called “seamless interoperability”. The exercises will cost well over… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/stop_talisman_sabre_join_the_july_10_13_peace_convergence Mon, 11 May 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/the_other_missile_defence While in Korea for our Global Network annual conference last month we were taken to Pyeongtaek where the US is dramatically expanding a military base. There we were shown nearly a dozen mobile PAC-3 (Patriot Advanced Capability) launchers parked just beyond the razor-wired fence. We also learned more about the US deployments of the PAC-3 "missile defense" system throughout Japan. By Bruce Gagnon Lockheed Martin describes their PAC-3 system as "the world's most advanced, capable and powerful… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/the_other_missile_defence Sun, 10 May 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/al_via_la_campagna_contro_le_basi_usa_e_nato_in_sicilia_ Ricchi di significati politici e simbolici i luoghi prescelti per il lancio della campagna di raccolta firme per la smilitarizzazione e la denuclearizzazione della Sicilia. La manifestazione-concerto "Onda Libera sulla Libera Terra", organizzata dal coordinamento di "Libera - Associazioni, nomi e numeri contro le mafie" in un terreno confiscato in contrada Casa Bianca, comune di Belpasso, a due passi dalla grande base USA di Sigonella. E il forum sociale antimafia 2009 di Cinisi (Palermo), nel ricordo… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/al_via_la_campagna_contro_le_basi_usa_e_nato_in_sicilia_ Sat, 09 May 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/no_bases_activists_arrested_in_korea Choi, Eun-A, 36, a member of the Korean Organising Committee for the International Conference against the Asia Pacific Missile Defense and for the End of Arms Race, April 16 to 18, 2009 was arrested by the National Intelligence Service on May 7 with other 5 people (Lee, Kyu-Jae; Lee, Kyeong-Won; Jang, Yoon-Kyeong; Yoon, Joo-Hyung; Oh, Soon-Wan), viciously charged in violation of the National Security Law (specifically under the titles of so called 'communication with enemy', 'enemy-benefiting activities').… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/no_bases_activists_arrested_in_korea Thu, 07 May 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/_from_manta_to_colombia_plans_to_move_the_manta_base_to_colombia_ AS the saying goes, "there's no smoke without fire." The confirmation of all the rumors has finally come and it was logical to expect. By Joaquin Rivery Tur, Granma International May 4, 2009 U.S. military operations at the Manta air base in Ecuador are to be transferred to Colombian territory after Quito's refusal to extend the agreement that allowed the Pentagon's Southern Command to utilize the facility located in the vicinity of the Pacific coast for its own ends. Without doubt, this is a blow… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/_from_manta_to_colombia_plans_to_move_the_manta_base_to_colombia_ Tue, 05 May 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/a_black_and_disgraceful_site_new_york_book_review_of_island_of_shame By Jonathan Freeland, The New York Review of Books, Vol. 56, no. 9, May 2009 David Vine (2009): Islands of Shame: The Secret History of the US Military Base on Diego Garcia, Princeton University Press, Princeton (US) "If the legal route fails, it will have to be politics that returns the people of Chagos to their home. They are surely too small in number to stir an international movement on their behalf. But one likes to think that if Barack Obama were somehow to stumble across a copy of David Vine's… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/a_black_and_disgraceful_site_new_york_book_review_of_island_of_shame Mon, 04 May 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/inside_the_numbers_obama_s_war_budget President Obama's 2009 supplemental spending request to fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan is currently before Congress. The House Appropriations Committee will "mark up" (finalize its version) of a war funding bill at a committee hearing on May 7th.  The full House will likely vote on the bill the following week. The objective is to have the bill finalized and to Obama for signature by Memorial Day.   By Jeff Leys President Obama is seeking an additional $75.8 billion in war funds… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/inside_the_numbers_obama_s_war_budget Mon, 04 May 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/ee_uu_trasladara_base_militar_de_manta_al_peru La Primera, 4 de Mayo, 2009 Cada vez se sienten más cerca los pasos de los militares norteamericanos. El último jueves, el ministro de Defensa Ántero Flores-Aráoz autorizó (RM No 357-2008 DE/SG) el ingreso de personal militar de EE.UU. hasta el 30 de setiembre de 2008, para escoltar y operar cuatro helicópteros Chinook desensamblados que posteriormente serán ensamblados en Pisco y que participarán en el ejercicio Nuevos Horizontes 2008, en… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/ee_uu_trasladara_base_militar_de_manta_al_peru Fri, 01 May 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/il_grande_mostro_di_sigonella Come la Sicilia si prepara alle prossime guerre La base siciliana di Sigonella è destinata ad ospitare il nuovo Sistema di sorveglianza terrestre AGS NATO. Intanto si moltiplicano i lavori di costruzione ed ampliamento di piste aeree, hangar e sistemi di telecomunicazione spaziale delle forze armate USA. In attesa dei velivoli senza pilota Euro e Global Hawk, la stazione aeronavale si trasforma nel maggiore centro logistico ed operativo per gli interventi di guerra in Africa, Medio Oriente… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/il_grande_mostro_di_sigonella Wed, 29 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/new_evidence_of_a_secret_torture_prison_in_poland It has long been clear that the CIA used the Szymany military airbase in Poland for extraordinary renditions. Now there is new evidence of a secret torture prison nearby. The story in English: http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/04/28/poland_prison/index.html The original story in German: http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,621450,00.html http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/new_evidence_of_a_secret_torture_prison_in_poland Wed, 29 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/david_vine_reads_from_island_of_shame_at_kgb_bar_new_york_city_may_5 David Vine will be reading from his soon-to-be-released book, Island of Shame: The Secret History of the U.S. Military Base on Diego Garcia (Princeton University Press), as part of the KGB Nonfiction series. KGB BarMay 5, 7pm85 East 4th St. (between Bowery and 2nd)New York Citywww.kgbbar.com ISLAND OF SHAME is the groundbreaking work that dares to expose the other Guantánamo looming at the isolated heart of the Indian Ocean. Although most don’t know it exists, the US military base on… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/david_vine_reads_from_island_of_shame_at_kgb_bar_new_york_city_may_5 Wed, 29 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/close_waihopai_spybase It is one year today since the Ploughshares peace activists deflated one of the two domes at the top secret Waihopai spybase (and, in the process, severely deflated the supposed top security of that base). No date has yet been set for the trial of Adrian Leason, Sam Land and Peter Murnane. By Murray Horton Anti-Bases Campaign declared our support for their symbolic action at the time and nothing has happened since to change our view. Indeed, the need to close the Waihopai spybase ASAP is more urgent… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/close_waihopai_spybase Tue, 28 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/kerosine_water_one_year_later The Italian government refuses to do a proper investigation of current pollution levels on the Dal Molin site, where a new massive US base is planned. So the campaigners of Vicenza decided to investigate it themselves. This video shows their findings. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNLjohgE8-g Local authorities got a bit upset about this short video, stating that the official tests and survey proved that the water is clean now. Thay are saying we are issuing false news. But all you have to do to… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/kerosine_water_one_year_later Tue, 28 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/napoli_pericolo_elettrosmog_con_l_antenna_tv_delle_forze_amate_usa_ Di Antonio Mazzeo Antenna ad altissimo impatto ambientale quella dell'American Forces Network  - AFN (la rete radiotelevisiva delle forze armate statunitensi residenti all'estero), installata sulle antiche mura del Monastero dei Camaldolesi di Napoli. Il trasmettitore è fonte di inquinamento elettromagnetico e le autorità italiane potrebbero imporne l'oscuramento già nei prossimi giorni. "Il sistema TV destinato ai nostri militari non potrà più funzionare… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/napoli_pericolo_elettrosmog_con_l_antenna_tv_delle_forze_amate_usa_ Mon, 27 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/star_wars_satellite_launch_protest_needs_international_support_messages On May 5, 2009 (time yet released) there will be a Delta 2 rocket launch at the Vandenberg Air Force Base. The United Launch Alliance Delta 2 rocket will launch the Space Tracking and Surveillance System Advanced Technology Risk Reduction (STSS-ATRR) research and development mission for the Missile Defense Agency. It is a satellite launch for tracking and surveillance.   The peace protest will begin at the start of the launch window (not yet announced, see http://www.spacearchive.info/vafbsked.htm)… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/star_wars_satellite_launch_protest_needs_international_support_messages Mon, 27 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/krystian_zimerman_s_shocking_disney_hall_debut By Mark Swed Poland's Krystian Zimerman, widely regarded as one of the finest pianists in the world, created a furor Sunday night in his debut at Walt Disney Concert Hall when he announced this would be his last performance in America because of the nation's military policies overseas. Before playing the final work on his recital, Karol Szymanowski's "Variations on a Polish Folk Theme," Zimerman sat silently at the piano for a moment, almost began to play, but then turned to the audience. In a quiet… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/krystian_zimerman_s_shocking_disney_hall_debut Mon, 27 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/u_s_air_base_thorny_issue_for_colombia World Politics Review, 27 of April, 2009 By Anastasia Moloney   BOGOTÁ, Colombia -- With a U.S military air base in the Ecuadorian coastal city of Manta scheduled to be shut down later this year, it looks increasingly likely that Colombia will step in as a new host for U.S. military assets in the region.   Newly re-elected Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa (see Henry Mance's WPR Briefing) has refused to renew Washington's decade-long lease when it expires in November, arguing that… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/u_s_air_base_thorny_issue_for_colombia Tue, 21 Apr 2009 12:42:23 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/troops_from_12_countries_set_to_enter_the_philippines_unconstitutionally_in_may By Sonny Africa The administration appears set to allow unspecified numbers of foreign military personnel into the country in early May 2009 for “disaster relief training exercises” despite the absence of treaties giving this legal basis as required by the Constitution. This disregard for the charter’s restriction on the presence of foreign troops and facilities in the country clearly shows that removing this is on the administration’s Charter change (Cha-cha) agenda. The… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/troops_from_12_countries_set_to_enter_the_philippines_unconstitutionally_in_may Mon, 20 Apr 2009 11:32:56 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/fighting_to_save_their_farms Yesterday 20 of the remaining Global Network's international delegation took a two-hour bus ride to Mugeonri which is just 36 kilometers from the North Korean border. At this place the US Army has been displacing this rice growing community from their lands since 1980. But they want still more land. High-tech weapons systems demand larger areas to practice. Bruce Gagnon, Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space The remaining two hundred people in this beautiful place, surrounded… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/fighting_to_save_their_farms Mon, 20 Apr 2009 11:00:02 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/ap_news_gorbachev_huge_u_s_military_budgets_make_idea_of_nuclear_weapons_free_world_mere_talk Gorbachev: US military power blocks 'no nukes'Apr 16, 2009 President Barack Obama's call for a nuclear weapons-free world iswelcome, but the huge U.S. defense budget may prove an "insurmountableobstacle" to reaching that goal, former Soviet President Mikhail S.Gorbachev said Thursday.Talk of nuclear disarmament would be "just rhetorical" if othernations were asked to give up nukes while the United States maintainsan overwhelming conventional military superiority, Gorbachev said.What's needed, he… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/ap_news_gorbachev_huge_u_s_military_budgets_make_idea_of_nuclear_weapons_free_world_mere_talk Mon, 20 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/korean_farmers_fighting_to_save_their_farms By Bruce Gagnon FIGHTING TO SAVE THEIR FARMS Yesterday 20 of the remaining GN's international delegation took a two-hour bus ride to Mugeonri which is just 36 kilometers from the North Korean border. At this place the US Army has been displacing this rice growing community from their lands since 1980. But they want still more land. High-tech weapons systems demand larger areas to practice. The remaining two hundred people in this beautiful place, surrounded by hills, are fighting hard to hang on… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/korean_farmers_fighting_to_save_their_farms Mon, 20 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/site_under_construction This site is under construction... If you want to help translate basic information into your own language, please contact wilbert@tni.org     http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/site_under_construction Mon, 20 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/construccion_ Este sitio se construye actualmente. Para ayudar con la preparación del contenido,  o con la traducción en español, por favor escríbano: wilbert@tni.org http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/construccion_ Fri, 17 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/activists_successfully_oppose_a_pentagon_radar_base_plan_in_the_czech_republic IN THESE TIMES Czech Against U.S. Military Power Activists successfully oppose a Pentagon radar base plan in the Czech Republic. By Joanne Landy On March 17, the Czech government withdrew its proposal to ratify an agreement with the Pentagon to install a U.S. military radar base in the Czech Republic. Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek halted the ratification process when it appeared that the Chamber of Deputies--the lower house of the Czech Parliament--was likely to vote to reject the agreement. "The… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/activists_successfully_oppose_a_pentagon_radar_base_plan_in_the_czech_republic Fri, 10 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/we_need_a_total_opt_out_from_eu_militarisation_ <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:SimSun; panose-1:2 1 6 0 3 1 1 1 1 1; mso-font-alt:"Arial Unicode MS"; mso-font-charset:134; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-format:other; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:1 135135232 16 0 262144 0;} @font-face {font-family:"\@SimSun"; panose-1:0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0; mso-font-charset:134; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-format:other; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:1 135135232 16 0 262144 0;} /* Style Definitions… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/we_need_a_total_opt_out_from_eu_militarisation_ Mon, 06 Apr 2009 15:32:32 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/republican_us_house_member_ron_paul_speaks_out_against_bases Imagine an Occupied America by Rep. Ron Paul (Republican member US House of Representatives) Imagine for a moment that somewhere in the middle of Texas there was a large foreign military base, say Chinese or Russian. Imagine that thousands of armed foreign troops were constantly patrolling American streets in military vehicles. Imagine they were here under the auspices of "keeping us safe" or "promoting democracy" or "protecting their strategic interests." Imagine that they operated outside of U.S.… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/republican_us_house_member_ron_paul_speaks_out_against_bases Mon, 06 Apr 2009 15:04:58 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/closing_military_bases_a_washington_post_article_by_john_pomfred Closing Military Bases By John Pomfret Sunday, March 22, 2009; B03   Looking to cut billions from the federal budget? Consider closing some of the 1,000 military bases the United States maintains abroad. That's what Hugh Gusterson, a professor of anthropology and sociology at George Mason University, suggests in an online column for the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. Closing some of the bases would save billions, Gusterson argues, citing none other than former defense secretary Donald H.… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/closing_military_bases_a_washington_post_article_by_john_pomfred Mon, 06 Apr 2009 15:01:36 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/empire_of_bases_a_column_by_hugh_gusterson_in_the_bulletin_of_the_atomic_scientists By Hugh Gusterson Before reading this article, try to answer this question: How many military bases does the United States have in other countries: a) 100; b) 300; c) 700; or d) 1,000. According to the Pentagon's own list, the answer is around 865, but if you include the new bases in Iraq and Afghanistan it is over a thousand. These thousand bases constitute 95 percent of all the military bases any country in the world maintains on any other country's territory. In other words, the United States… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/empire_of_bases_a_column_by_hugh_gusterson_in_the_bulletin_of_the_atomic_scientists Mon, 06 Apr 2009 14:40:33 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/peace_for_life_people_s_forum_speaks_out_against_us_bases Peace for Life Second People's Forum BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA • 20-23 MARCH 2009 Organized in partnership with Colombian NGOs led byProyecto Justicia y Vida BOGOTÁ DECLARATION 2009 Faith and Resistance for Peace and Lifein the Age of U.S./Global Empire With the powers of dance, music, testimonies and prayers, and enriched by multiple analyses, we Colombian peoples' movements, and international delegates in solidarity, issue this joint call to the international community. In March 2009… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/peace_for_life_people_s_forum_speaks_out_against_us_bases Mon, 06 Apr 2009 14:37:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/appeal_to_the_municipality_of_prague_to_cooperate_with_the_convener_of_a_meeting_at_hradcanske_namesti Press release of the No Bases Initiative Appeal to the Municipality of Pragueto Cooperate with the Convener of a Meeting at Hradcanske namesti   Spokespersons: Jana Glivická, cell: +420 721 829 641, email: glivicka@seznam.cz                            Jan Májíček, cell: +420 604 357 215, email: jan.majicek@gmail.com Web: www.nobases.eu  … http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/appeal_to_the_municipality_of_prague_to_cooperate_with_the_convener_of_a_meeting_at_hradcanske_namesti Sun, 05 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/speech_of_jana_glivicka_at_the_prague_anti_radar_demonstration Once more: thank you all for coming today.  At the beginning, let me take the liberty to make a private remark. In May two years ago, a demonstration against the radar took place here on the Wenceslas Square. Some of you surely have kept it in mind. I remember it was sultry hot then, but we walked round as far as to the Hradčany Square after all. That time, I would not probably have believed that we would meet in the Wenceslas Square even after two years. And that the government would make… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/speech_of_jana_glivicka_at_the_prague_anti_radar_demonstration Mon, 09 Mar 2009 20:01:28 +0100 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/prague_filled_with_protests_against_planned_us_military_base_during_obama_s_visit Press Release of the Nonviolence Movement against the Radar Prague, 5.4.2009 Several events and demonstrations took place today in the Czech capital during the visit of US President Barack Obama. Humanists from the Nonviolence movement staged several protests against the planned deployment of US troops on Czech soil as part of the “Star Wars” plan. Already yesterday activists had displayed a banner on one of Prague’s bridges. Today, events included the march of “The Invisibles”… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/prague_filled_with_protests_against_planned_us_military_base_during_obama_s_visit Mon, 09 Mar 2009 20:01:28 +0100 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/spanish_news espagnol dsfsd fds fs fsd fsd fsd fsd fsdf sdf sdf  sdf sdf ssf espagnol dsfsd fds fs fsd fsd fsd fsd fsdf sdf sdf  sdf sdf ssf espagnol dsfsd fds fs fsd fsd fsd fsd fsdf sdf sdf  sdf sdf ssf espagnol dsfsd fds fs fsd fsd fsd fsd fsdf sdf sdf  sdf sdf ssf espagnol dsfsd fds fs fsd fsd fsd fsd fsdf sdf sdf  sdf sdf ssf espagnol dsfsd fds fs fsd fsd fsd fsd fsdf sdf sdf  sdf sdf ssf espagnol dsfsd fds fs fsd fsd fsd fsd fsdf sdf sdf  sdf sdf ssf espagnol dsfsd fds… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/spanish_news Tue, 03 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/closing_speech_phyllis_bennis_at_the_empire_without_bases_conference_washington_dc   Phyllis Bennis'Closing Speech at the Security Without Empire conference, Washington DC, American University, March 2, 2009   Phyllis Bennis  is a fellow of the Institute of Policy Studies in Washington DC, and of the Transnational Institute in Amsterdam.   Thank you all, it's really fabulous that this conference is happening here and now. It's an amazing time for those of you who have come to Washington, either from other parts of the US or certainly from outside the US. It's… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/closing_speech_phyllis_bennis_at_the_empire_without_bases_conference_washington_dc Wed, 07 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/defence_a_world_without_foreign_military_bases QUITO, Mar 7 (IPS) - An international network for the abolition of foreign military bases has been created at a conference attended by over 1,000 activists and experts from 30 countries, which opened in Ecuador's capital city on Monday. The No Bases Network will coordinate action strategies against the more than 1,000 military bases worldwide. By Kintto Lucas Lina Cahuasquí, an activist with the Ecuador No Bases Coalition, told IPS that the No Bases Network will be "a plural, democratic space,… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/defence_a_world_without_foreign_military_bases Wed, 07 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/un_mundo_sin_bases_extranjeras Más de 1.000 activistas y expertos de 30 países reunidos desde este lunes en la capital ecuatoriana anunciaron la conformación de la Red Mundial No Bases, para coordinar estrategias de lucha contra las instalaciones militares extranjeras, que ya llegan a un millar en el planeta. Kintto Lucas, IPS La ecuatoriana Lina Cahuasquí, de la Coalición No Base Ecuador, explicó a IPS que la Red se conformará "como un espacio plural y democrático vinculado… http://www.no-bases.org/show_news/un_mundo_sin_bases_extranjeras