#basenation — Public Fediverse posts

> The US military is vast in scale, with a carbon footprint larger than any other institution.. disclosure of its emissions of greenhouse gases, it’s been kept off the books – and has been let off the hook.
> “It’s the elephant in the room,".. #DavidVine, author of, #BaseNation: How US #MilitaryBases Abroad Harm America and the World. “It operates with this kind of cloak of invisibility despite having a long track record of very serious damage.”
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/12/12/elephant-in-the-room-the-us-militarys-devastating-carbon-footprint
/HT @pvonhellermannn

While looking for the World Beyond War book about "A Global Security System" I found another mapping approach to seeing the #MilitaryBases of the #BaseNation #USA. It reminded of work by #DavidVine
https://worldbeyondwar.org/no-bases/
#WorldBeyondWar #NoBases

The #BaseNation book by #DavidVine is important and I forgot it a bit. Thertags on earlier posts let me find the on-line pages and maps from on this Fediverse account. At the Free Night School there are gatherings to see on-line maps and hear talks about foreign countries. A camouflage (hiding?) expert from the nearby Japanese military (Self Defense? 自衛隊) base does events too. Organizers asked me to join the camouflage events. It's interesting but I get qualms.
https://www.basenation.us/maps.html
#BaseMaps

> ..the United States maintains.. 800 military facilities in.. 70 countries.. [with] half a million Americans... Although the individual tallies are dizzying, the status of Germany (174), #Japan (113), and #SouthKorea (83).. the top of the list.. should not be surprising.. startling.. the next two: Italy (50) and.. Guam (47). Much of the local detail in #BaseNation is drawn from these five contexts; as part of his ambitious research itinerary, Vine visited all of them.
#ItalyAndGuam #Germany

> [The focus, The distinction] falls apart as soon as we consider varieties of ongoing military colonialism and environmental injustice in the American Southwest..
#BaseNation #MilitaryBases #MilitaryColonialism #MatthewFarish #BaseWorld