Veteran Dud Hendrick recently returned from Jeju Island, Korea, where there is a protest by local Koreans against the construction of a U.S. Navy base.

Dud Hendrick of Deer Isle also has recently returned from Jeju Island, where he joined native islanders and their supporters in protest of the naval base construction.

Some of these people will present slides and brief video clips of the confrontations at the barricades they witnessed on Thursday, Sept. 26, 7:30 p.m. at the Peace & Justice Center of Eastern Maine, 96 Harlow St., Bangor.

Several Maine activists have gone to Jeju, inspired by the people who, for more than six years, have continued to protest the building of a new U.S. military base.

A member of Veterans for Peace, Hendrick has for several years been dedicated to an examination of the impact of the American military empire. His talk will address these consequences in general as well as those specific to Jeju.

Hendrick also will address the curious history and relationship between the U.S. and Korea, North and South, and of the inordinate role played by the U.S. in Jeju’s history.

Hendrick credits the Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space, and its coordinator, Bruce Gagnon of Bath for bringing the Jeju base to the attention of the public.

The noted Maine activists who preceded Hendrick to Jeju include Blue Hill’s Carolyn Coe, Natasha Meyers, Mary Beth Sullivan and Regis Tremblay, of Woolwich.

All have returned committed to bringing the issue to the attention of more Americans.