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new war drive towards vieques
U.S. begins preparations for War Drive in Vieques
In preparation for a U.S. military war drive, the U.S. Navy has begun
exercises at its bombing range on the Puerto Rican island of Vieques. The
island’s people have been protesting the Navy’s use of the island as a
bombing range, which exposes its people to severe health risks. The Navy
uses the range to practice war games with the use of live bombs, including
napalm. The Navy has refused to leave and clean up the range, despite a
recent two-thirds vote of the island’s people in a non-binding referendum
demanding that the Navy do just that. According to Maricelis Rivera Santos,
editor of the magazine EL VOCERO, battle groups of the Aircraft carrier USS
John F. Kennedy have already been sighted near Vieques. The Navy has
notified island fishermen that they will be bombing every day in the
upcoming weeks. Anti-Navy activists are planning protests to continue
demanding the Navy vacate the island. The people of Vieques will no doubt
be among the victims of any U.S. military retaliations, providing yet
another reason for workers in the U.S. and elsewhere to oppose Washington’s
drive toward war and bloodshed.
The article above was written by Chicago YSAer Dave Bernt.
