11 a.m. – 3 p.m., Commissioner's Steps, Circular Quay west. Please arrive at least 10 minutes before departure time.
2 Live Bands: The Men from U.N.C.L.E. and The Helpful Kitchen Gods
Tickets $55, concession $30, children under 10 free (includes lunch, with vegan option, tea & coffee) BYO
Pre-paid bookings only please; to book your ticket phone 0418 290 663 or 0418 668 098 or send a cheque payable to AABCC to AABCC, PO Box A899, Sydney South 1235
Organised by Australian Anti-Bases Campaign Coalition
The Chamoru people of Guam (indigenous name Guahan) have resisted the take over their land and waters since the arrival of Europeans in 1668. They are not prepared to give up that struggle.
In October 2006, a delegation of young Chamoru stood before the United Nations' Special Political and Decolonization Committee and demanded that they “hold the United States accountable, as Guahan's administering power, to its moral and legal responsibilities to ensure the…right to self-determination of the native Chamoru people” and put an end to the “massive US military build-up [which] hinders the right of Chamorus to decolonization and violates the human rights of all people from Guahan”.
Militarization of the Pacific
U.S. militarization of the north-west Pacific is anchored around the small island of Guahan east of the Philippines. Guahan is only four hours' flying time from China or North Korea.
In addition to massive upgrading of facilities and increased deployments of planes, submarines and other equipment, the US and Japan have agreed to move 8000 Marines to Guahan from Okinawa by 2014. The build-up means a total increase in Guahan's current 170 000 population of 35 000.
The link with Australia
Australia's military alliance with the United States allows US Air Force planes from Guam to fly across our country for exercises and use bombing ranges here. The alliance makes us complicit in the denial of Chamoru indigenous rights and in the threat to regional peace and security posed by the militarisation of Guahan. In addition, the Australian Defence Force participates in various military exercises with US forces based in Guahan and ADF elements visit or transit through Guahan during these war games.