To get a different quality video which may load differently you will find it in a quicktime file at feed://makingwaveshawaii.blip.tv/rss or find the exact same looking page with a little different address for what reason I do not understand at feed://makingwaveshawaii.blip.tv/rss/itunes/
You can also subscribe to it in itunes at http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=362001253
Here is the May 24, 2010 extended interview on Democracy Now! featuring: Kyle Kajihiro, Program Director for the American Friends Service Committee in Hawai’i; IKozue Akibayashi, professor and activist in Japan, with the Women’s International League of Peace and Freedom and the Women’s International Network Against Militarism and; IMelvin Won Pat-Borja, educator and poet from Guam and part of the We Are Guahan network opposed to the military base buildup in Guam. They were interviewed by Anjali Kamat and Amy Goodman.
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Great Thanks to Democracy Now for posting on their site at democracynow.org
This is the breif paragraph under the vid file link: From Japan to Guam to Hawai’i, Activists Resist Expansion of US Military Presence in the Pacific: In Japan Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama sparked outrage this weekend when he announced he has decided to keep an American air base on the island of Okinawa. Before last year’s historic election victory, Hatoyama had vowed to move the base off of Okinawa or even out of Japan. On Sunday, he said he had decided to relocate the base to the north side of the island, as originally agreed upon with the US. Hatoyama’s decision was met with anger on Okinawa, where 90,000 residents rallied last month to oppose the base. A number of activists opposed to US military bases were recently here in New York for the International Conference for a Nuclear-Free, Peaceful, Just and Sustainable World. Anjali Kamat and I spoke to three activists from Japan, Guam and Hawai’i.
http://theinsularempire.blogspot.com/
Sometimes can take a while to load. other links at: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=362001253 or http://blip.tv/file/3438579
The panel includes: Dr. Hope Cristobol, Kisha Ann Borja-Kicho’cho, Terri Kekoolani, Lino M. Olopai, Jonathan Osorio, and Vanessa Warheit the director, writer, producer and cinematographer of the documentary.
• Located six thousand miles west of California, the Mariana Islands include the US Territory of Guam and the US Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). “The Insular Empire” is a PBS documentary about the Mariana Islands’ relationship with the United States, and what it means to be a colonial subject of “the greatest democracy on Earth.”
https://lists.riseup.net/www/info/famoksaiyan http://weareguahan.com/
This was an event videoed at the UH Archecture Auditorium on Feburary 21 2010.
Part II. found atttt. http://blip.tv/file/3361564 For different quality and perhaps easier loading quicktime video go to:feed://makingwaveshawaii.blip.tv/rss
Darlene Rodrigues and Logan Mehl Laituri discuss faith and service as a conscientious objector in part through Logan’s own experiences as a soldier and conscientious objector as well as the observations, work and experiences of many others.
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video courtesy of Truth Commission on Conscience In War http://www.conscienceinwar.org . Soldiers Of Conscience http://www.soldiersthemovie.com, Rethink Afghanistan Http://wwww.rethinkafghanistan.com and www.truthout.org gave permission for utilization of footage by Truth Commission on Conscience In War in beginning of episode.
This is a version of an episode of a Community Access program named making waves, on ‘Olelo Community Television ch. 53, the first and third saturdays of the month at 8:30 PM and tuesdays at 9:30 am or at olelo.org streaming at the same time.
Part I found attt: http://blip.tv/file/3329886
For easier loading quicktime video go to: feed://makingwaveshawaii.blip.tv/rss
Darlene Rodrigues and Logan Mehl Laituri discuss faith and service as a conscientious objector in part through Logan’s own experiences as a soldier and conscientious objector as well as the observations, work and experiences of many others.
Photos courtesy of http://www.jamiemoffett.com/
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This is a version of an episode of a Community Access program named making waves, on ‘Olelo Community Television ch. 53, the first and third saturdays of the month at 8:30 PM and tuesdays at 9:30 am or at olelo.org streaming at the same time.
See less jerky quicktime at: feed://makingwaveshawaii.blip.tv/rss
Here is the link to the vid on Bliptv…. http://blip.tv/file/3163293/ or go to feed://makingwaveshawaii.blip.tv/rss for a different quality video which may load differently
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An occasion held at The Center For Korean Studies at The University Of Hawaii At Manoa on December 1st 2009. Korea Peace Day was conceived by the Alliance Of Scholars Concerned About Korea, ASCK in 2003, in response to the high level of tension between the US and North Korea. Since then, educational forums have been held annually on campuses across the country to facilitate dialogues and bring an awareness of the unresolved conflict on the Korean Peninsula. The ASCK.org is dedicated to the promotion of mutual understanding between the people of the UNited States and the people of Korea, both North and South.
Korean -American Foundation Hawaii, Center For Korean Studies, Multimedia exhibit stillpresentpasts.org, Efforts for Peace at the adress endthekoreanwar.org, Forgotten Faces Of North Korea at the address www.ubuntuworks.com/ubuntuworks/Photo_Exhibit.html, The Korea Truth Commissions site at Koreatruth.org does not seem to be working.At koreatruthcommission.org it seems to be. Not sure if it is affiliated with though
This is the full version of an episode of a Community Access program named making waves, on ‘Olelo Community Television ch. 53, the first and third saturdays of the month at 8:30 PM and tuesdays at 9:30 am or at olelo.org streaming at the same time.
What is called an RSS feed for making waves maybe found here::feed://makingwaveshawaii.blip.tv/rss/itunes/
The itunes bigger screen maybe utilized as well ( it may take a while to load ).
Poetry by: Kisha Ann Borja-Kicho’cho and Anghet ( Angela ) Theresa Hoppe Cruz, held at Halau o Haumea at Kamakakuokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies on November 20, 2009. look up decolonizeguam.blogspot.com. Here is the link to I Kareran I Palabran Mami: The Journey Of Our Words at http://blip.tv/file/2991255/
This is the full version of an episode of a Community Access program named making waves, on ‘Olelo Community Television ch. 53, the first and third saturdays of the month at 8:30 PM and tuesdays at 9:30 am or at olelo.org streaming at the same time.
What is called an RSS feed for making waves maybe found here::feed://makingwaveshawaii.blip.tv/rss/itunes/
The itunes bigger screen maybe utilized as well ( it may take a while to load ).
A national tour featuring 2 Israeli high school students, who speak about their experiences as conciencious objectors in the Israeli army. Maya Wind and Netta Mishly are part of an Israeli group called Shministim, Israeli high school students who have been imprisoned for refusing to serve in an army that occupies the Palestinian Territories. It was held at The University Of Manoa Architecture Auditorium on September 21, 2009. Here is the link to the shows page http://makingwaveshawaii.blip.tv/posts or http://bridgingworlds.blip.tv/posts directly at http://blip.tv/file/2825368/ or http://blip.tv/file2834191 respectivelyn
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Here is the link to the full version of: Hoomanao ( Remember ) The Massie Case: Injustice Then And Now. Seen at the shows page athttp://makingwaveshawaii.blip.tv/posts . Or directly seen at:http://makingwaveshawaii.blip.tv/file/2818931/ .
Mainly it was comprised of presentations by: David E. Stannard; Professor in The Department Of American Studies at University Of Manoa, John P. Rosa: Assistant Professor in The Department Of History at University Of Hawaii At Manoa, Raedeen Keahiolalo-Karasuda: Research Analyst with Kamehameha Schools and Carrie Ann Shirota; an Attorney and Justice Advocate on the Island of Maui
A discussion about Chamorro women’s opposition to U.S. military build up on Guam. The discussion is between Julian Aguon and Ikaika Hussey. Included in this show is a featuring of a documentary on the reisistance to the military occupation on Guam led by the women of Guam. This was taped in early 2008. Check out decolonizeguam.blogspot.com http://blip.tv/file/2661799
Reporter on Military Issues, Tamahiro Yara with the Okinawa Times is interviewd by Pete Shimazaki Doktor at the Palolo Community Center Studios sometime in 2008
An interview with Raed Jarrar; Iraqi blogger and activist. He is interviewed by Kyle Kajihiro at the Palolo Community Center Studios sometime early in 2008. .
Ra’ed Jarrar; Iraqi blogger and activist interviewed by Kyle Kajihiro
Buddhist. Conscientious Objector.
Friday, March 13, 2009 7:30 pm Church of the Crossroads 1212 University Avenue
See full version at: http://www.youtube.com/user/MakingWavesHawaii
Aidan Delgado, an Army Reservist in the 320th Military Police Company, served in Iraq from April 1st, 2003 through April 1st, 2004. After spending six months in Nasiriyah in Southern Iraq, he spent six months helping to run the now-infamous Abu Ghraib prison outside of Baghdad. The 23-year-old mechanic was a witness to widespread, almost daily, U.S. war crimes in Iraq.
A Buddhist, Aidan sought conscientious objector status soon after his arrival in Iraq. He was granted CO status after he served his full tour of duty in Iraq.
The Sutras of Abu Ghraib
By Aidan Delgado
The Sutras of Abu Ghraib is the story of a soldier who refused to succumb to violence. In chronicling the struggles of military life and the dehumanizing effects of war, Aidan Delgado examines the attitudes that make prisoner abuse possible and explores his own developing Buddhist beliefs against a brutal backdrop. It is a tale of physical bravery, moral courage, and the cost of holding on to your identity while everyone around you is losing theirs.
Sponsored by World Can’t Wait-Hawai`i
Co-sponsored by AFSC-Hawai`i, Choices, Truth 2 Youth, Buddhist Peace Fellowship,
Iraq Veterans Against The War, Vietnam Veterans Against The War Anti Imperialist and other peace and justice groups
For info: 534-2255; worldcantwaithawaii@yahoo.com
More info on Aidan Delgado: http://www.democracynow.org/2004/12/17/exclusive_conscientious_objector_witnessed_abuse_killing
http://www.thinkbuddha.org/Reviews/296/the-sutras-of-abu-ghraib
Tuesday October 30, 2007
The Sutras of Abu Ghraib is Aidan Delgado’s account of the year that he spent stationed in Iraq, but this is not your standard military memoir. Delgado’s story is made complicated by the fact that, whilst he was engaging in military training, at the same time he was engaging in the practice of Buddhism, and the book charts the growing tension between his military obligations on the one hand and on the other hand his developing moral unease with the circumstances in which he finds himself. It is this tension that leads him to eventually file for Conscientious Objector status.
Whilst it is Delgado’s experience of this tension early on in his tour of duty, and not the horrors of Abu Ghraib, that leads to his application for Conscientious Objector status (an application that is eventually granted), it is only in the latter part of the book, after his unit is transferred to the notorious prison, that the depth of moral compromise implied by his position becomes clear.
It may seem, after the endless public discussion of the abuses that occurred at Abu Ghraib, that there is nothing else to know, that this is merely covering old ground. We know about the ghoulish theatrics captured on digital cameras and mobile phones, the scenes of physical and sexual degradation, the trophy shots, the images of brutal interrogation techniques amounting to torture. Yet, reading Delgado it becomes apparent how impoverished this picture is, how whilst we might believe that we know Abu Ghraib, we simply do not. Delgado’s picture of life inside the prison at Abu Ghraib – the squalor, the filth, the continual bombardment by mortar fire, the cold and the boredom, the fear and lack of comprehension not only of the prisoners, but of the soldiers posted there – paints a picture of a place that is not merely the site of a few terrible abuses, but rather of a regime that is far more more systematically undermining of the fragile human virtues that preserve us. Delgado’s picture of military life is vivid and unflinching, neither seeking to prettify nor to condemn. Whether exploring the petty racism of his colleagues or speculating on the continuum that might lie between this racism and the abuses of Abu Ghraib, or whether confessing to the ambiguities of his own situation, he is unsparingly clear-eyed. The story that he tells is one that should once and for all put paid to evasive “a few bad apples” arguments, and that should prompt us to look unflinchingly at the question: what are the conditions that lead to and sustain peace?
What makes this a book of particular distinction is that Delgado’s world is not one in which angels perpetually wrestle with demons. Instead this is a book that is written with a deep appreciation of moral and human complexity. Towards the end of the book, Delgado concludes that the problems with Abu Ghraib cannot be attributed merely to individual sadism nor to fault-lines in the chain of command. Instead, he writes,
Another part of the problem is moral and religious, and by that I mean to say that at its root Abu Ghraib is a spiritual problem. Many people believe in good and evil. Just that, that simple: good on one side, evil on the other. By default, we are always on the good side. This means that those who oppose us must logically be evil…
In claiming that this is a spiritual problem, Delgado is not making the platitudinous assertion that somehow the application of a hearty dose of religion might be able to save us from such horrors. Instead he is suggesting that any claims – religious claims included – to a monopoly on goodness bear the risk of themselves contributing to the problem. It is a spiritual problem in this sense: that it is a problem rooted in the very way that we understand – or fail to understand – our relationships with the world, with ourselves, with each other, and with the fragile hopes for goodness that we nurture in our hearts.
The absoluteness of good and evil is an incredibly dangerous doctrine, dangerous in the wrong hands and without proper restraint. I believe that experience demonstrates that never in life is anything wholly good or wholly evil. Good and evil are metaphors, signposts to guide us in the right direction. To render good and evil as actual physical truth is to render an infinitely complex moral world into absurd black and white. Further still, to hold that truth out to the mass of humanity and invite them to act upon it is to invite disaster and fanaticism.
Torture, atrocity, the self-righteousness that accompanies any military campaign: all of these are made possible by the moral Manichaeism that Delgado lays bare, a Manichaeism that pervades our contemporary culture. Yet it is to his considerable credit that, whilst calling into question moral surety, Delgado also permits us to glimpse his own moral complexities. Some may read this book as the story of a hero finding himself fallen amongst demons, but one who has the courage, nevertheless, to resist. Yet to do so would be to do Delgado a grave injustice and to fall into the simplistic moralistic evaluations that he himself is at pains to avoid.
The Sutras of Abu Ghraib is an impressive book and, on the evidence, Delgado is an impressive individual; not because he stands outside of the moral ambiguity and complexity of human life, but because he demonstrates that, if we value ethics at all, we must take our standwithin this ambiguity and this complexity, knowing that, ultimately, there is nowhere else to stand.
This is part 1 0f 7 of a full version of a Community Access program named making waves. Go to makingwaveshawaii.blip.tv/posts/ for the blip location of this show . The challenges and prospects of abolishing nuclear weapons under the Obama administration…. presented and discussed with David Krieger of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation. This event was held at the Honolulu Friends Meeting House. —-The name of the group at the address is Pacific Justice and Reconciliation Center—-
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