Jacob Chamberlain

In Japan, Mayor’s Re-Election Adds Fuel To Resistance To US Militarism

Following reelection of anti-base mayor, plan to move controversial military site to a new location faces set back.

Jacob Chamberlain
Par Jacob Chamberlain
In this Dec. 17, 2009 file photo, a military transport plane takes off from Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan, Okinawa, Japan. About 9,000 U.S. Marines stationed on the Japanese island of Okinawa will be moved to the U.S. territory of Guam and other locations in the Asia-Pacific, including Hawaii, under a U.S.-Japan agreement announced Thursday, April 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, File)

Following decades of protest against the controversial U.S. military base in Okinawa, Japan, plans to move that base to a different location on the island faced new challenges Sunday after the re-election of a mayor who has promised to block the move. Susumu Inamine, the mayor of Nago—where Japan plans on moving the base—ran on an anti-base

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Chomsky Describes US Domestic Policy in Two Words: ‘Pure Savagery’

Cuts to food stamps and jobless benefits predictable result of ‘neoliberal assault’ on American people

Jacob Chamberlain
Par Jacob Chamberlain

As Congress decides this week whether to re-institute emergency jobless benefits for millions of Americans and closes in on negotiations for a Farm Bill that could see billions of dollars cut out of food stamp programs, renowned activist and intellectual Noam Chomsky summed up the state of American politics in an interview Thursday in two words:

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Despite Promise, US Clings To Control Over Afghan Prison

Tensions high between two countries as US pressures Karzai over Bagram, security deal.

Jacob Chamberlain
Par Jacob Chamberlain

The United States is putting pressure on the Afghan government to keep 88 prisoners who have been cleared for release from Bagram prison behind bars, U.S. officials said on Wednesday. The U.S. supposedly handed over control of the military prison, a facility that has been marked by a history of torturous conditions and other human rights abuses,

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In Alberta, Environmental Regulators Now Funded by Fossil Fuel Industry

‘How unbiased can this be?’ ask critics of regulator stacked with oil industry players.

Jacob Chamberlain
Par Jacob Chamberlain

Alberta, home to massive tar sands reserves, has a new environmental regulator in town. Only this one is funded entirely by the fossil fuel industry, the Edmonton Journal reports Monday. Roughly 150 publicly funded environment department staff including fish and wildlife officers, forestry officers, biologists, rangers and others who watch

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Walmart Workers Mobilize For ‘Unprecedented’ Nationwide Strikes

Massive turnout expected for strike against low wages, illegal retaliation.

Jacob Chamberlain
Par Jacob Chamberlain

As the shopping extravaganza known as Black Friday came early this year with an increasing amount of retailers opening their doors on Thanksgiving Day, employees for one of the largest big-box-stores in the country, Walmart, prepared protests for 1,500 locations nationwide. Organizers with the group OUR Walmart, who have helped rally Walmart

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Fears Confirmed: Offshore Fracking A Toxic Mess

Center for Biological Diversity analysis reveals list of toxic chemicals in offshore fracking often dumped with wastewater into ocean.

Jacob Chamberlain
Par Jacob Chamberlain
A offshore oil drilling platform 'Gail' operated by Venoco, Inc. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

Offshore hydraulic fracturing operations off the coast of California use highly toxic chemicals that are often released directly into water along the state's coast, the Center for Biological Diversity revealed today, calling on the state's Coastal Commission to halt fracking for oil and gas in state waters. In an analysis sent by letter to the

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Dismantle Syria’s Chemical Weapons In Albania? Protesters Say ‘No, No, No!’

Albania’s PM confirms US proposal for dangerous task on Albanian soil.

Jacob Chamberlain
Par Jacob Chamberlain

Anger spilled into the streets of Albania's capital on Tuesday after reports confirmed that the U.S. government wants Syria's chemical weapons stockpile to be dismantled on Albanian soil. The proposal was reported in several news outlets last week, and Albania's Prime Minister Edi Rama confirmed Tuesday that he has “discussed” the possibility

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