The All Okinawa Council introducing Okinawan music at the APALA Anniversary dinner. August 19, Anaheim California

August 27, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Washington Correspondent Yukiyo Zaha
“American base expansion and the militarization of Okinawa by the Abe and Trump administrations must be stopped!”
These words, spoken by Kent Wong, head of the UCLA Labor Center and one of the founders of the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA), in the convention hall at APALA’s 25th anniversary convention in Anaheim, California.
At the convention, which received the second delegation from the All Okinawa Council (led by Councilor Yoichi Iha), a resolution showing solidarity with the people of Okinawa, and opposing new base construction in Henoko and Takae, was passed to the applause of over 600 participants.
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