Search for an article

Select a plan

Choose a plan from below, subscribe, and get access to our exclusive articles!

Monthly plan

$
13
$
0
billed monthly

Yearly plan

$
100
$
0
billed yearly

All plans include

  • Donec sagittis elementum
  • Cras tempor massa
  • Mauris eget nulla ut
  • Maecenas nec mollis
  • Donec feugiat rhoncus
  • Sed tristique laoreet
  • Fusce luctus quis urna
  • In eu nulla vehicula
  • Duis eu luctus metus
  • Maecenas consectetur
  • Vivamus mauris purus
  • Aenean neque ipsum
روما بت
ماه بت
پین باهیس
بهترین سایت شرط بندی
بت کارت
یاس بت
یک بت
مگاپاری
اونجا بت
alvinbet.org
بت برو
بت فا
بت فوروارد
وان ایکس بت
1win giriş
بت وینر
بهترین سایت شرط بندی ایرانی
1xbet giriş
وان کیک بت
وین بت
ریتزو بت
1xbet-ir.com.co/
https://www.symbaloo.com/mix/paperiounblocked2?lang=EN https://www.symbaloo.com/mix/agariounblockedschool1?lang=EN https://yohoho-io.app/ https://2.yohoho-io.net/paper.io unblocked https://www.symbaloo.com/mix/yohoho-unblocked-76?lang=EN https://www.symbaloo.com/mix/agariounblockedpvp https://www.symbaloo.com/mix/yohoho?lang=EN
HomeSocietyConference Against U.S. Foreign Military Bases

Conference Against U.S. Foreign Military Bases

Published on

This past weekend I attended a historic groundbreaking conference in Baltimore, organized by the Coalition Against U.S. Foreign Military Bases. This conference adds a new element to the anti-war movement in the U.S. We aren’t just opposed to the wars, we are opposed to empire itself: the 800 military bases around the world in 80 countries that perpetuates endless war and the policies that follow.

We had panels speaking about different regions of the world: Africa, Asia, South America, Middle East, Europe, NATO, and Environmental Impacts of Military Bases. Each category focuses on the U.S. military impacts of bases in that region or country. You know one thing I didn’t hear during the entire conference? That the U.S. is protecting those countries and regions. In fact, quite the opposite.

Given that it has been said over and over that this conference was the best they have ever been to, I think the reason is because people gave up some of their power to empower the voices of those impacted. The conference could have been just the same ole veteran anti-war organizers giving the same talks, which is no problem because these people know their stuff. Many of them have been doing this for decades and they have so much to offer the younger generation of organizers. But these anti-war veteran activists gave up much of their spotlight and gave that time to people who have been impacted by U.S. military bases and militarism around the world.

People like Retired Col. Ann Wright and ex-CIA analyst Ray McGovern mentioned my work in their talks. Ann even played a video (made by Hanayo Oya and myself) during her presentation. I saw people like Bruce Gagnon give up his speaking slot to me, someone who has only been in the movement a few years. I gave up some of my time to allow Okinawan-Americans to speak about their campaign, Justice For Hiroji Yamashiro (prominent anti-base leader in Okinawa). I saw Phil Wilayto give up his time for a Ukrainian activist to speak. I saw people who live in the empire empower those who are impacted by the empire. A beautiful sign of solidarity and an expansion of what it truly means to be anti-war.

Source

Latest articles

Will intergovernmental institutions withstand the end of the “American Empire”?, by Thierry Meyssan

During the partially virtual G7 on February 24, the President of the United States threatened participants with leaving the organization if they published the statement they had prepared. The current situation, with the rapprochement between the United States and Russia, is shaking up the global political landscape. As a result, all intergovernmental institutions are being…

Voltaire, International Newsletter N°127

Our director of publication and editor-in-chief directed French magazines several years ago, and has won journalism awards abroad. He has regularly contributed to some fifteen major dailies and magazines around the world. Voltaire, International Newsletter is available by subscription for €500 a year, is published 42 times a year (not in July-August, nor during the…

Disintegration of Western democracy begins in France

In 2005, the French and Dutch rejected the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe in referendums. But in 2007, the French and Dutch parliamentary assemblies adopted the same text, barely amended, under the name of the Lisbon Treaty. For the first time since the end of World War II, the French and Dutch ruling classes…

Texas mobilizes to defend migrants

Home » Im/migrants and Refugees » Texas mobilizes to defend migrants Dallas The force of anti-deportation and pro-immigrant sentiment swept through Dallas like a whirlwind on March 30. That day thousands marched in defiance of the unabashedly racist actions taken by the Trump administration and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) against U.S. residents, both documented…

More like this

Will intergovernmental institutions withstand the end of the “American Empire”?, by Thierry Meyssan

During the partially virtual G7 on February 24, the President of the United States threatened participants with leaving the organization if they published the statement they had prepared. The current situation, with the rapprochement between the United States and Russia, is shaking up the global political landscape. As a result, all intergovernmental institutions are being…

Voltaire, International Newsletter N°127

Our director of publication and editor-in-chief directed French magazines several years ago, and has won journalism awards abroad. He has regularly contributed to some fifteen major dailies and magazines around the world. Voltaire, International Newsletter is available by subscription for €500 a year, is published 42 times a year (not in July-August, nor during the…

Disintegration of Western democracy begins in France

In 2005, the French and Dutch rejected the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe in referendums. But in 2007, the French and Dutch parliamentary assemblies adopted the same text, barely amended, under the name of the Lisbon Treaty. For the first time since the end of World War II, the French and Dutch ruling classes…