G8 in Okinawa, Ministers in Fukuoka

[TRox51 at aol.com]

Re events in Okinawa:
Some Asian activists are planning a conference on alternatives to security in 
Asia - ie addressing the US military presence in Asia that presently few US 
activists (and in particular the AFL-CIO) have barely even thought about. 
That is, why after the Cold War does the US still maintain 100,000 ground 
troops in Japan, S. Korea and Okinawa? For information, contact me and I can 
forward your messages to the conference organizers, who include Walden Bello 
and Muto Ichiyo, both long-time Asian activists.
Tim Shorrock