ZHAP is an anti-war campaign based in Okinawa fighting against the construction of the new US military base in Henoko, which a recent referendum shows over 72% of Okinawans oppose the construction of. The movement against the US base is made up of a wide coalition of progressive forces in Japan including ZENKO, Movement for Democratic Socialism, the Communist Party of Japan, labor unions, anti-war activists, and native Ryukyuans who over the past decades have consistently opposed US military presence in Japan.
DSA reaffirms our Political Platform commitment to fighting for closing all foreign US military bases and demanding reparations for the human and environmental destruction caused by US toxic military sites. We stand in solidarity with comrades in Okinawa fighting against the construction of the new US military base in Henoko!
To voice your own opposition to the construction of the US military base in Henoko, sign on to endorse the campaign and message your Congressional representatives!
Letter of Request to US Congress to Stop Henoko and Close Futenma Base
September 7, 2022
DSA IC is proud to join Okinawa Environmental Justice Project, CODEPINK, Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance, Center for Biological Diversity, World Beyond War, Veterans for Peace, ZENKO and 80+ other international organizations to call on Congress to shut down US military bases in Okinawa.
Stop Henoko and Close Futenma: 87 Organizations Send a Letter of Request to U.S. Congress
辺野古は中止、普天間は閉鎖を：87団体が連邦議会へ書簡を送付
Solidarity message against construction of new US military base in Okinawa
Speaker: New York state senator Jabari Brisport
May 30, 2022
New York state senator and DSA representative Jabari Brisport shares a message of solidarity to comrades from ZENKO and others in Okinawa and Japan fighting against the construction of a new US military base in Henoko.
US Military in the Pacific: Anti-War Conference
NO-KINAWA: Stop Construction of New U.S. Military Base in Henoko
ZENKO Video Message to 2021 DSA Convention
Speaker: Seishi Hinada
August 2021
Other Resources
- Our Island’s Treasure (私達の島の宝)
- As Taiwan Tensions Build, Concerned Okinawans Push for U.S. Military Base Closure
- Japanese Militarism Has Put the People of Okinawa on the Firing Line
- In Okinawa, the US Military Seeks a Base Built on the Bones of the War Dead
- DSA Solidarity Message & DSA National Political Committee member Christian Hernandez’s remarks
- ZHAP as the first step in solidarity DSA International Committee / Ronald Joseph and Anlin Wang
- US Military Exposed 600,000 to Toxins in Japan and Micronesia — and Hid It
- Resistance to US military bases expansion on the Japanese island of Okinawa continues
- With rising COVID-19 cases, US bases in Japan come under scrutiny
- “There Will Be No Stopping the Okinawan Resistance,” an Interview with Yamashiro Hiroji
