"Keep Space for Peace Week" is coming up October 7 through 14, and it's a good opportunity to focus community attention on militarization and what we don't get as a society when we are spending to stay on a constant war footing.
Filmed over two years in the Marshall Islands, Japan, Korea, China and the United States, filmmaker John Pilgar's The Coming War on China reveals a build-up to war on the doorstep of China. More than 400 US military bases now encircle China in what one strategist calls “a perfect noose”. Filming follows the secret history of militarization in the Pacific, from Bikini to the current resistance on Okinawa and Jeju.
Filmed over two years in the Marshall Islands, Japan, Korea, China and the United States, filmmaker John Pilgar's The Coming War on China reveals a build-up to war on the doorstep of China. More than 400 US military bases now encircle China in what one strategist calls “a perfect noose”. Filming follows the secret history of militarization in the Pacific, from Bikini to the current resistance on Okinawa and Jeju.
The Coming War on China has been broadcast on network TV in Britain, Australia and around the world, but (so far) not in the US (and reading between the lines of the press release it is not for lack of trying, and thus probably won't happen. As such, it's up to interested citizens to take on very local distribution, which can be done through a community screening license. Information is available here.
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