Virtual panel proposed at the 2023 ASLE + AESS Conference: “Reclaiming the Commons”

This panel welcomes discussions on the environmental consequences of the U.S. imperialist military activities (with a focus in the Pacific region) on the off-limits sites of military bases, of war zones, of weapon testing, storage, and disposal and nearby lands. The U.S. military has left a severe environmental legacy accompanying its military operations: nuclear weapon tests on the Hawaiian islands, waste disposal in the Pacific Ocean, and military bases in South …