Julian Aguon is an international human rights lawyer, adjunct law professor and author. He is the founder of Blue Ocean Law, a regional law firm that works with governmental and nongovernmental organizations in Guam, Micronesia, and Oceania. His last book, What We Bury At Night, addresses the militarization of the Micronesian sub-region.

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When You Live In a Colony, You Are Easy Meat: Guam In the Crosshairs of Warmongering
Escalating tensions between the United States and North Korea directly threaten the people of Guam.
Julian Aguon
Announcing In These Times’ New Agreement with the National Writers Union
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