Okinawa: Sit-In Protest To Stop US Military Base

Above Photo: From PopularResistance.org.

76.1% of Okinawans and the current Okinawa Governor, Takeshi Onaga, are opposed to the construction of a new U.S. military base off Henoko in Nago as a replacement for the Futenma U.S. military base. U.S. military bases occupy 17% of the total land area of Okinawa. In this video, Ohata joins Okinawa residents, mainly the elderly, in a nonviolent sit-in protest at the Henoko Gate, in blocking the entry of construction vehicles into the Henoko site. Ordinary Japanese and the people of the world have woken up to the haughty, high-handed ways of their governments who no longer heed the wishes of their citizens. #Enough! It’s time to nonviolently abolish the method of war, including the war-making and war preparations of U.S. and other military bases.