The U.S. and UK governments forcibly expelled an entire population of islanders to make way for a military base. It’s time to let them come home.
Atoning for Washington’s ‘Mass Kidnapping’ in the Indian Ocean
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Preventing the Next Battle of Okinawa
During the Battle of Okinawa, thousands of civilians were caught in the crossfire as U.S. and Japanese troops waged one of the final—and bloodiest—fights of World War II. The combat lasted for more than three months, devastated the south and center of the island, and...
Marine Protection as Empire Expansion
At the 100-day mark, the new president has tackled an extraordinarily wide-ranging agenda, but one item will need his attention soon: closing the empire of U.S. bases around the world. One place to start is to reverse the marine protection areas that the last president established in the Pacific.