The Insular Empire

I got a voice message last week, from the rights manager at Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. He wanted to know if I would let them use some of The Insular Empire in their show – and could I ...

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I recently attended the March for Real Climate Leadership in Oakland, and saw an impressive and beautiful contingent of Pacific Islanders marching at the front. I wanted to share this heartfelt a...

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It’s that time of year… and we’re offering 20% off educational copies through the end of September. Use code IEFA14 when ordering from our educational distributor,  New Day Films. The Insu...

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Hope Cristobal has been working most of her life to achieve justice for the Chamorro people of Guam. Her personal story is one of the main threads of The Insular Empire – which ends with her...

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July 21st marks the anniversary of the US military’s capture of Guam during WWII. After 70 years, the US Territory of Guam still has not had a vote of self-determination – yet the island’s ...

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  Take the Constitution Day Quiz!  Then add an extra ten points for this bonus question: Which article of the US Constitution confers citizenship on residents of US Insular Areas? (Scroll down ...

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Michael Parenti, author of Democracy for the Few and The Face of Imperialism This film reveals a neglected chapter of US colonialism and the struggle for justice and democracy that continues to t...

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Don Rubenstein, Professor of Anthropology and Micronesian Studies at the University of Guam Review published by Asian Educational Media Service The Insular Empire is a visually engaging, tightl...

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The Insular Empire recently received the huge honor of being included in the Zinn Education Project‘s list of Teaching Materials. The ZEP project promotes and supports the use of Howard Zinn’...

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Hope Cristobal just forwarded me a most excellent article from the website antiwar.com, about Guam’s long-standing struggle to hold a plebiscite on its political status. As usual, Guam’s e...

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