After 9/11: Militarized Borders and Social Movements in the Mariana Islands

In this essay, I provide an ethnographic study of militarization and social movements in the aftermath of 9/11. Drawing on activist, government, media, and military sources, I examine the roles of social movements in the U.S. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) and the U.S. unincorpo...

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Published in:American quarterly 2012-12, Vol.64 (4), p.685-713
Main Author: Camacho, Keith L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Activism
Armed Forces
Borders
Boundaries
Bush, George W
Citizenship
Clothing industry
Feminism
Freedom
Guam
Indigenous Populations
International borders
Labor
Mariana Islands
Narratives
Police
Political activism
Politics
September 11th 2001
Social activism
Social Movements
Sovereignty
Terrorism
United States history
United States of America
War
Workforce
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Summary:In this essay, I provide an ethnographic study of militarization and social movements in the aftermath of 9/11. Drawing on activist, government, media, and military sources, I examine the roles of social movements in the U.S. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) and the U.S. unincorporated territory of Guam. As colonies of America's most westernmost "border," the CNMI and Guam constitute the Mariana Islands. I argue that this archipelago has become another site wherein the United States has increasingly militarized its borders, and in ways that have garnered the critical attention of indigenous activists and labor activists. By focusing on their respective calls for freedom, I analyze how indigenous and labor activisms challenge, support, or transform narratives of U.S. military legitimacy since 9/11. Adapted from the source document.
ISSN:0003-0678
1080-6490
1080-6490
DOI:10.1353/aq.2012.0048