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By Makiko Sato (Japan)

Though I didn’t go there, as the venue is rather far, there was a big demonstration event against military buildup in Okinawa and western Japan on April 20, 2025 in Tsuiki, Fukuoka.  

There is going to be a big expansion of the runway in Tusiki SDF base.  

This event is, in my view, ‘revolutionary’, as solidarity appeals were sent from Taiwan and Shanghai! 

Japanese high school students designated as ‘Peace Missionary’, as well as several students from Chosen high school in Fukuoka participated for their messages of traditional Korean dance. (‘Chosen’ usually implies the DPRK-North Korea.) 

Appeals were also read from citizen peace movements in Hiroshima, Saga, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Miyazaki, Kagoshima, Okinawa and Oita, in most of which war-readiness are speedily ongoing.

There were more than 1,300 participants including several Diet [Parliament] members of the three main opposition parties. This movement is expected to grow, as more military facilities are being built around Japan, totaling more than 40 missile depots in 13 places.

On June 6th, some representatives of this movement went to the Diet to meet some cabinet members or senior officials. 

Koji Sugihara [a Global Network board member] sat in on June 4th in front of the Diet building, opposing the privatization of the Science Council of Japan. Some in the Council were rejected for their pro-peace Constitution stance. 

There are so many issues and citizen activists in Japan are so busy. We have nuclear power plant issues as well, especially of the nuclear waste matters -- nationwide distribution of the contaminated soil and 
ongoing releasing the contaminated water into the Pacific.

Our country is riddled with several urgent issues of great concern at the same time.  

June 6th negotiation of citizens with the central government agencies in the Diet conference room was such a big one, with nearly 200 in the room, another 300 waiting somewhere.  They were from Okinawa and western Japan areas from Kumamoto to Kyoto. 

About one hundred government officials were there to answer questions from citizens, but they were so evasive, and citizens could not get meaningful answers. 

It has been decided ultra-super-sonic missiles will be deployed in Oita. 

Bruce Gagnon, coordinator of the Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space, joined me to make sense out of the recent Ukrainian terrorist attacks on Russia’s five airbases, the blown up bridges, the attempt on Putin’s life, and the attack on the Crimean Bridge. 

Trump’s Golden Dome is a continuation of Reagan’s SDI, Strategic Defense Initiative, Star Wars, and is an escalation of the space race. Star Wars on steroids will plunge the USA into the worst economic crisis ever costing trillions of dollars.

Who’s in charge in Washington? It isn’t Trump. 

The UK, MI6, and the rogue CIA.

Asian nations are dumping their US Treasury bonds. 

This could shake the foundations of the world economy.

The global majority that seeks cooperation rather than war don't wish to keep the US military empire afloat any longer.

Blowback (karma) is coming back to haunt the arrogant USA.

What happens next?  

The multi-polar world is changing the economic order and is not going back to uni-polar control.  

Of all major economies facing a downturn, the US is set to suffer the sharpest drop, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has warned. Higher tariffs and mounting trade policy uncertainty are key factors impeding growth, according to analysts.

In its latest global outlook, released on Tuesday, the OECD said the world economy is heading into its weakest stretch since the Covid-19 pandemic. US growth is projected to slow from 2.8% in 2024 to 1.6% in 2025 and 1.5% in 2026. As recently as March, the OECD had expected a 2.2% expansion for next year.

Some of you know that the name “went2thebridge” derives from weekly bannering on a bridge in Maine during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. It’s the bridge where I met my husband and we stood there with many friends over the years. Why that location? Lots of traffic passing by.

This week I took a vacation from fasting (sadly, not a choice for the children of Gaza) to visit activist friends we know from Maine who go to the bridge each week in Asheville, North Carolina. Their bridge over I-240 has around 3,200 vehicles passing by at evening rush hour and they employ an interesting banner-making method for highly visible messaging.

Yesterday’s messages: Israel-US is exterminating Palestinians and Can’t say we didn’t know.

Using a method developed by backbonecampaign.org, the banners are made by affixing bright orange Typar letters to a net. In Asheville they then erect the banners using the type of extension poles that painters use to reach high places.

My husband and I got a tutorial from our host on how to create and use these banners and we plan on ordering the starter kit which has most of the supplies to get started.

Yesterday we enjoyed meeting people new to us who are unafraid to stand with Palestine, fourteen in all of varying ages including a couple of kids and their parents. We also enjoyed the plentiful honks, thumbs up gestures, peace signs, and keffiyeh displays from cars passing by. The woman I stood beside said that positive responses are increasing steadily and I told her that we’ve been finding that in Maine, too. Public opinion is steadily turning against Zionists over their killing fields in Gaza.

One of the coolest aspects of these banners is the shadows they cast. Yesterday I captured (and flipped) this one on the the interstate:

Sometimes the Asheville group stands on the opposite sidewalk of their overpass and then the shadows fall onto the surface street that goes over the bridge.

You can follow their work on twitter at @RejectRaytheon and @NoWarIndustry or on Insta at @rejectraytheonavl.

What kind of vacation is this you may ask? It’s the kind activists take. My husband and I agree that our social life basically consists of activism. Because there’s only so much time in the day, and we’ve met the nicest people while doing this kind of work.

I’ll resume my fast when we return to Maine — because the suffering of Gazans at the hands of the U.S.-Israel is always on my mind.