No to Base! Help Dugong!
Forwards the J21 Movement Counter G-8 Summit
in Nago, Okinawa!
Solidarity with Nago, Okinawa people!
To Friends of all over the world,
Next G-8 summit meeting will be held July
21-23 mainly in the city of Nago, Okinawa
Prefecture, southwest to Japanese main islands.
Okinawa, ruled by the U.S. from the end of
World War II until 1972, accounts for 0.6
percent of Japan's total land area but is
home to some 75 percent of land occupied
by U.S. military facilities in Japan. Residents
of Nago, northern part of Okinawa, strongly
oppose a plan to relocate functions of the
U.S. Futenma Air Base to the Nago east coast
and to construct huge heliport along or off
the coast, destroying beautiful semi-tropical
eco system.
Imperialist nations and their leaders, who
are most responsible for exploiting poor
majorities as well as workres all over the
world, destroying environments for all lives,
triggering aggressive dirty wars, are going
to gather at Nago, Okinawa this July. This
G-8 summit is to oppress the hope of anti-base
movements in Nago, Okinawa.
Japan and the United States plan to discuss
the issue of U.S. military bases in Okinawa
prefecture during July's summit of the Group
of Eight major nations there. Though it is
not likely for the two nations to raise issue
concerning the Japan-U.S. security treaty
at the G-8 summit, these issues will be thoroughly
discussed during the Japan-U.S. summit.
Please demand or protest U.S & Japanese
governments, embassys, consulates, etc. to
withdraw all military bases in Okinawa and
not to construct the heliport along or off
the Nago east coast, in order to help dugongs
and protect eco system.
Now NST-TPSC, Solidarity, Com-F, JVP-JC and
others are planning No to Base! Help Dugong!
Caravan from Tokyo to Nago, Okinawa. Counter-summits
and many meetings and rallys wll also be
held towards July 21-23 G-8 summit.
As a ring of J21 movement, let's hold International
Solidarity Actions all over the world on
July 20. Please come to Nago, Okinawa from
all over the world or hold protest campaign
on every lands. We wish you to make solidarity
with Okinawa people, Nago citizens, particularly
peace loving residents in Kushi 13 districts
of Nago east coast, where Dugongs live with
coral reef.
No to Base! Help Dugong!
Plese circulate the hope of Nago, Okinawa
residents among cyberworld!
Following Cologne & Seattle, Onwards
J21 Movement!
May 1, 2000
* JVP-JC: People's Liberation Front - Sri Lank@jvp@i.bekkoame.ne.jp
* COM-F: Communist Association - Future@com@f.email.ne.jp