6/10/08

Guam, military bases and the struggle for an independent Pacific






Join us for an afternoon workshop with panels, presentations and action planning on US bases and militarisation in Australia, Japan and the Pacific.

Saturday 14 June 2008, 12.30 to 5pm

Venue: Green Building, 60 Leicester Street, Carlton 3053

Speakers include:

Lisa Natividad and Julian Aguon - Chamoru activists from Guam

Maki Yonaha - Japanese for Peace

Nic Maclellan - Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific

Richard Tanter - Nautilus Institute

Our two special guests are Lisa Natividad and Julian Aguon, two Chamoru activists from Guahan (Guam) who are campaigning against US military bases on their land. As the Pentagon prepares to move thousands of Marines from Okinawa to Guam, find out about the struggle for indigenous self-determination in the Pacific and Australia’s links to regional militarisation.

Supported by Medical Association for Prevention of War (MAPW), the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), Japanese for Peace, CICD, Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific Campaign, the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) and other groups. Julian and Lisa's visit is supported by the Donald Groom fellowship.

Further information:

Nic Maclellan (NFIP), 0421 840 100 or Dale Hess (Religious Society of Friends), 9592 5247

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