Category: Close Bases

Protesters Hold Back Military Takeover of Balkans’ Largest Mountain Pasture

Montenegro’s military — and maybe NATO — want the Sinjajevina Highlands for maneuvers; traditional herding communities want these biodiverse alpine pasturelands conserved.

Tell the Indonesian Government Not to Build a New Military Base in West Papua

The struggle of the indigenous people in Indonesia against the construction of a military base.

US Must Commit to Arms Reduction If It Wants North Korea to Do So

How do we get to peace with North Korea?

I Agree With The Chairman Of The Joint Chiefs Of Staff On Foreign Bases

You may have heard that the U.S. House of Representatives just passed a bill to spend $741 billion renaming military bases that have been heretofore named for Confederates. You may think that’s a grand idea but still wonder at the price tag.

Fort Everywhere

By Daniel Immerwahr, November 30, 2020 From The Nation Shortly after the Covid-19 pandemic struck the United States, a reporter asked Donald Trump if he now considered himself a wartime

Maryland Report Misleads The Public On PFAS Contamination In Oysters

Maryland Department of the Environment’s conclusion about PFAS poisoning from military bases over-reaches the reasonable findings based on the actual data collected and falls short of acceptable scientific and industry standards on several fronts.

Talk Nation Radio: Jon Mitchell on Poisoning the Pacific

This week on Talk Nation Radio: the poisoning of the Pacific and who the worst culprit is. Joining us from Tokyo is Jon Mitchell, a British journalist and author based in Japan. In 2015, he was awarded the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan’s Freedom of the Press Lifetime Achievement Award for his investigations into human rights issues on Okinawa.

The author is shown on the banks of Piscataway Creek on August 12, 2020, about 1,000 feet from the base’s boundary. The creek was covered with foam.

Joint Base Andrews Contaminates Maryland Rivers And Creeks With PFAS Chemicals

Andrews, the “Home of Air Force 1” is the only base in the state known to poison both the Patuxent and the Potomac. PFAS may travel for miles. It contaminates fish and sickens people who consume it. Who knew?

Footprint of US Special Forces in Africa

New Report Reveals U.S. Special Forces Active In 22 African Countries

The US has roughly 6,000 military personnel scattered throughout the continent with military attachés outnumbering diplomats in many embassies across Africa.

Category: Close Bases

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