The island of Guam is the largest, most populous, and southernmost of the Northern Pacific's Mariana Islands. In 1565, Guam was claimed for Spain, and it remained a Spanish possession until 1898, when in the course of the Spanish-American war, the island was ceded to the United States. In the Second World War, Guam was the stage for heavy fighting between Japanese and Allied forces; after the war, Guam was declared an unincorporated territory of the United States, to be governed under the Organic Act of Guam (1 August 1950).

The Chamorros, Guam's only inhabitants at the time of European contact, have seen their lot diminished rapidly in the twentieth century. The island is administered from Washington by the Department of Territorial Affairs, and has no vote in the American Congress. Nearly half of Guam's territory is owned directly by the United States armed forces - mostly land that was seized from the Chamorros, Guam's native people, during and subsequent to the Second World War.

THE CHAMORRO FRONT

Scott Lizama claims that between 1 May and 8 May 1999, he led a propaganda campaign to incite the Chamorros into revolution against the United States. Initially, Mr. Lizama has said, this campaign was prosecuted from the air, by means of dropping propaganda materials out of a propeller plane onto the island. The airborne propaganda campaign continued for six days, until, on 7 May 1999, Mr. Lizama switched to ground-level tactics - he began walking from town to town with a microphone, amplifier, and collapsible kiosk. By 8 May, Mr. Lizama ran out of funds, and his campaign ended unsuccessfully.

Mr. has Lizama has submitted the following work of art to the NATOarts board of directors to substantiate his claims.