> ... all the Air Force technicians he spoke to “agreed that the presence of nuclear weapons on Okinawa made it a key target in a preemptive or a retaliatory strike; one of the veterans described #Okinawans as ‘human shields.’” Until that research, “nobody understood that Okinawa has a central part in US #WMD testing, usage, and storage throughout the Pacific,” Mitchell told me.

https://www.thenation.com/article/world/okinawa-poisoning-pacific-jon-mitchell/
#JonMitchell #USAF #NoBases

> “To criticize the military is one of the last remaining taboos of the American mass media,” he says. “The #OkinawanPeople deserve better, so I’m committed to providing justice for them.”.. “I really hope my book helps people understand how badly the island has been contaminated, especially because so many #AmericanVeterans are sick.” Through his research, he has documented claims from more than 250 veterans that #AgentOrange was stored on #Okinawa during the 1960s and ’70s... #JonMitchell

Finally watched this 15-minute documentary about #KoreanDemocracy movements. They got me reading #TimShorrock articles, which led me to #JonMitchell and other #KeyPeople, KeyDocuments:
> Here’s how the Washington Post reported on.. [Shorrock's writings]
> The massacre still burns hotly in the memory of South Koreans today, and two former South Korean presidents are now in prison on charges of treason for their alleged role in ordering the massacre…
https://timshorrock.com/documents/
#KwangjuMassacre

> ​In 2020, #PoisoningThePacific was published.. how military operations.. harmed indigenous communities with toxic substances; #NoamChomsky.. “an eloquent call to bring this tragedy to an end without delay.”
#DefoliatedIsland, a TV documentary.. into.. #AgentOrange in Japan.. In 2016, the follow-up program was winner of Japan's top TV documentary award. In 2021.. a TV documentary.. #ForeverChemicals: How the #USMilitary Contaminated
#JonMitchell #Japan #Okinawa #日米関係 #PFAS