Here we see the complexities of Asian settler history and politics in Hawai’i and the persistence of this controlling myth of Hawai’i as a racial promised land. Second generation Japanese in Hawai’i were thoroughly Americanized and militarized by the outbreak of WWII. The Japanese suffered much hardship and discrimination at the hands of the haole… Read more »
Monthly Archives: April 2009
Court of the Conqueror Writes Another Legal Fiction
Court of the Conqueror Writes Another Legal Fiction April 20, 2009 · No Comments By J. Kēhaulani Kauanui, Ph.D. On March 31, 2009, the Supreme Court of the United States (S.C.O.T.U.S.) issued its ruling in the case of State of Hawaii v. Office of Hawaiian Affairs, et al. The state of Hawai‘i asked the high… Read more »
Stryker soldier charged with pimping two teen girls
http://www.thenewstribune.com/331/story/713069.html Tacoma, WA – Saturday, April 18, 2009 Fort Lewis soldier charged with pimping Prosecutors say Stryker infantryman used two teen girls as prostitutes STACEY MULICK; stacey.mulick@thenewstribune.com Last updated: April 18th, 2009 03:38 AM (PDT) Pierce County prosecutors have charged a Fort Lewis soldier with promoting prostitution, alleging he directed two teenage girls to trade… Read more »
Vieques, La Lucha Continúa: Reflections on 10 Years Since the Death of David Sanes
Vieques, La Lucha Continúa: Reflections on 10 Years Since the Death of David Sanes Apr 9th, 2009 By Déborah Berman Santana (Spanish article below) April 19, 2009, marks ten years since a U.S. Marines pilot missed his target while bombing Vieques, killing civilian guard David Sanes Rodríguez. David was not the first Viequense to die… Read more »
Strykers shipped into Honolulu on container ship, 4/12/09
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Vicenza actions in Washington, D.C.
Another post on the movement in Vicenza, Itlay by Stephanie Westbrook [steph@webfabbrica.com]: See below an informal report on the recent lobbying trip from Vicenza to DC. Bests, Stephanie For more on Vicenza, see: http://www.peaceandjustice.it/vicenza/ Vicenza-DC Trip Report Marching on the Pentagon, Interrupting a Hearing and Meeting with Congress On March 20, I accompanied a delegation… Read more »
Vicenza and AFRICOM
This article was posted to the nobases listserve by Stephanie Westbrook [steph@webfabbrica.com]: See below a rough translation of an interview with Rep. Loretta Sanchez appearing yesterday on the Vicenza newspaper. She was apparently in Venice on holiday and met with Dal Molin Special Commissioner Paolo Costa. She talks about the importance of Vicenza for Africom…. Read more »
Trial of Darnell Griffin begins for 1999 murder of Evelyn Luka
April 16, 2009 Trial opens in 1999 cold-case murder By Jim Dooley Advertiser Staff Writer The “cold case” murder trial of Darnell Griffin opened this morning in Circuit Court, with a prosecutor telling jurors, “The man who raped and murdered Evelyn Luka (in 1999) remained a mystery until 2007.” That’s when DNA evidence recovered from… Read more »
Kauai Veterans Memorial and Missile Defense Viewing site?
Senator Daniel Inouye Participates in Ground Breaking of the Kauai Veterans Memorial and Missile Defense Viewing Site Tue Apr 14, 2:55 pm ET To: NATIONAL EDITORS Contact: Mike Terrill of MDAA, +1-602-885-1955 WASHINGTON, April 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Riki Ellison, Chairman and Founder of the Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance (MDAA) www.missiledefenseadvocacy.org, announced to the MDAA membership… Read more »
Hawai’i taxpayers could pay $40M Superferry bill
Friday, April 10, 2009 | Modified: Wednesday, April 15, 2009, 12:00am Hawaii taxpayers could pay $40M Superferry bill Pacific Business News (Honolulu) – by Chad Blair Hawaii taxpayers could end up paying for most of the $40 million in harbor improvements carried out to accommodate Hawaii Superferry, which removed its ship, the Alakai, from Hawaiian… Read more »
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