Pian Hadise
In preparation for war expansion, the U.S. has seized large tracts of farmland from the Okinawan peasants to enlarge the U.S. militar: bases on the island, This has met with strong opposition from the local peoplee "The People"~ newspaper of the People's Party of Okinawa- revealed recently that the U.S. military authorities planned to forcefully occupy large areas of farmland in Yomitan and Gushikawa in Central Okinawa and Ie Island, off its north-west coast. They compglled the farmers to destroy their crops within a given period. Enraged by this measure, the farmers of @ hamlet in Gushikawa Village set up a union in defence of their land and expressed their determination to refuse to yielde To protect their land, the farmers on Ie Island began building houses close to the firing ranges of the U.S. Army.