Posts tagged Guam
Dr. MICHAEL LUJAN BEVACQUA on Guåhan’s Sovereignty Amidst Climate Change /243
Dr. MICHAEL LUJAN BEVACQUA on Guåhan’s Sovereignty Amidst Climate Change /243

Dr. Bevacqua discusses Guåhan’s incredibly layered history, as well as the CHamoru history that predates any colonial narrative by thousands of years. With an understanding of how Guåhan (Guam) ended up as a “territory” of the United States, Michael shares the current efforts to decolonize Guåhan and instill strong self-governance

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Colonial Violence, Decolonization, Shore Ocean Communities, Sacrifice Zones, Racial Equity Justice, Climate Change, Activism Allyship, Indigenous Sovereignty, Political IdeologyFor The WildDr. Michael Lujan Bevacqua, Michael Lujan Bevacqua, Guam, Guam population, Guam language, militarization of Guam, Guam sovereignty, is Guam a sovereign nation, Guåhan sustainable culture, colonization pacific island, pacific colonization, colonialism in pacific, what country colonized the pacific islands, us military Asia pacific strategy, pacific military bases, military Asia pacific, military base pacific ocean, Militarization and Resistance from Guåhan: Protecting and Defending Pågat, Chamorro Studies Program, University of Guam, Independent Guåhan, Independent Guahan, The Guam Bus, extractive tourism, military tourism, military bases tourism, Chamorro language, Chamorro decolonization, decolonization GuamComment
CRAIG SANTOS PEREZ on Habitat Threshold /183
CRAIG SANTOS PEREZ on Habitat Threshold /183

We discuss parenting and caring in the Anthropocene, the connection between tourism and militarism, Guåhan’s layered history and his most recent book of eco-poetry Habitat Threshold, which intimately explores ancestry, ecological collapse and the ongoing legacy of capitalism, imperialism and colonization.

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Climate Change, Colonial Violence, The Cost of Capitalism, Sacrifice Zones, Multispecies Justice, Indigenous Sovereignty, Shore Ocean Communities, Activism AllyshipFor The WildEcopoetry, Habitat Threshold, Craig Santos Perez, Chamoru, Chamorro, Pacific Islands, Pacific Islander, Guåhan, Guam, University of Hawaii Manoa, Climate Change, Militarization, Tourism, Hawaii, Exploitative Tourism, Demilitarization, Cultural Resiliency, Deep Sea Mining, Deep-Sea Mining, Green Technology, Green Energy, Climate GriefComment
CINTA KAIPAT on the Militarization of Pågan and Defending Island Sovereignty /129
CINTA KAIPAT on the Militarization of Pågan and Defending Island Sovereignty /129

In the Northern Marianas, communities are resisting a future in which aerial bombardments become the norm, where amphibious-assault trainings sever communities from key fishing grounds and decimate aquatic ecosystems, and shelling, artillery, and mortars destroy sacred land.

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Colonial Violence, Decolonization, Sacrifice Zones, Shore Ocean CommunitiesFor The WildGuam, U.S. Military base, nuclear bombs, military destruction, Marshall Islands, Kwajalein Atoll, U.S. empire, Pacific Islands, Northern Mariana Islands, aquatic ecosystems, shelling, artillery, sacred land, Refaluwash-Chamorro, Indigenous Refaluwash rights, Carolinian rights, attorney, Assistant Attorney General, CongresswomanComment