next up, julian aguon.new book "no country for the eight spot butterflies." ♪♪ [music break] amy: the great jazz pianist ramsey lewis, who has died at the age of 87. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. as tension rises between the united states and china, we look at how u.s. militarism in guam, the westernmost territory of the united states, during world war ii was a key naval and air force base united states in the pacific. the was expanding its military operations in guam. the pentagon's 2023 budget calls for nearly $900 million to build a new missile defense system on guam. the u.s. is also moving ahead with plans to relocate 5000 marines to guam and build a new machine gun range near wildlife refuge. we're joined now by julian aguon m a leading chamoru writer and human rights lawyer from guam. he is the founder of the law firm blue ocean law and a 2022 pulitzer prize finalist for commentary. author of several books, including the latest