Call to Action by Community Alliance on Prisons (CAP) Background: Governor Lingle ordered the closure of Kulani Prison and its conversion to a Youth Challenge facility, a school run by the military. The State of Hawai’i Board of Land and Natural Resources (BLNR) meeting will be on THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2009 9:00 A.M. KALANIMOKU BUILDING… Read more »
Monthly Archives: November 2009
‘Headhunters’, ‘Thanksgiving’ and other racist control myths
In the bad old days of colonialism, it was standard racist fare to depict indigenous peoples as ‘savages’, ‘primitive’ ‘headhunters’. These days, not much has changed. Westerners project their fears, anxieties and hatreds onto the image of the bloodthirsty, Muslim terrorist who decapitates his victims. But you almost never hear about 19th Century European or… Read more »
Navy abandons repair work on coral reef damaged by the USS Port Royal
The Navy fixed its heavily damaged Aegis missile cruiser, the USS Port Royal, which ran aground near the Honolulu Airport in February but is abandoning repair work on the coral reef damaged by the grounding. >><< http://www.starbulletin.com/news/breaking/70222032.html Navy suspends repair work on coral damaged by warship By Gregg K. Kakesako POSTED: 11:47 a.m. HST, Nov… Read more »
Dandelions: a poem about military rape
Dandelions Jerrica Escoto Click this link to hear Jerrica perform Dandelions David is 19 Doesn’t know anything else besides the hard exterior of his bullet proof vest And skills that those video games weren’t gangster enough to teach him. David has a single mother who couldn’t afford his higher education And a dream that fell… Read more »
APEC Summit to be held in Hawai’i in 2011
The East West Center issued a press release announcing that the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit will be held in Hawai’i in November 2011. If past experience with the Asian Development Bank meeting in Honolulu is an indicator, we should expect that Honolulu will be intensely militarized to prevent protest and disruptions. Earlier this… Read more »
Schofield (#1) and Kaneohe (#10) make top ten most dangerous military towns in the country
The Daily Finance blog reports that two Hawai’i military towns rank among the ten most dangerous in the country. Schofield Barracks came out on top with a property crime rate that is 20 times the national average. Kaneohe Marine Corps Base ranks number ten. >><< http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/16/most-dangerous-military-towns/ High crimes: 10 military towns are among the country’s… Read more »
Yes We Can (But We Won’t): Obama, Hatoyama and Okinawa
http://www.counterpunch.org/lummis11132009.html November 13-15, 2009 Yes We Can (But We Won’t) Obama, Hatoyama and Okinawa By DOUGLAS LUMMIS Naha, Okinawa Walking distance from the US Consulate in Okinawa is a Starbucks coffee shop. My wife and I sometimes go there, because they let you sit at the tables and work, so long as you sometimes order… Read more »
I Karera I Palabran Mami (The Journey of Our Words): Chamoru poetry reading in Honolulu
I Karera I Palabran Mami (The Journey of Our Words) POETS: Angela T. Hoppe-Cruz (MSW/MA Pacific Isl. Studies Candidate) Kisha Borja-Ki`cho`cho (MA Pacific Island Studies Candidate). Both women are Chamoru and were born and raised on the island of Guam. WHERE: Halau o Haumea, Kamakakuokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2645… Read more »
Youth Speaks Hawai`i Fall 2009 Interscholastic Poetry Slam
Upcoming Poetry Slam: Support Youth Voices! Youth Speaks Hawai`i Fall 2009 Interscholastic Poetry Slam Farrington High Community Auditorium; 1564 North King Street • Honolulu, HI 96817 Friday, November 20, 2009 7 – 10pm, doors open at 6pm For ticket information, please call 753-4661 or Travis@YouthSpeaksHawaii.org (Get max. discount! $3; otherwise, $5 w/ ANY school i.d., $10 w/o reservation… Read more »
Honolulu Advertiser: Pentagon urged to keep Guam better informed on Marine transfer
http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20091113/BREAKING01/91113045/Pentagon+urged+to+keep+Guam+better+informed+on+Marine+transfer Friday, November 13, 2009 Pentagon urged to keep Guam better informed on Marine transfer By JOHN YAUKEY Gannett Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — Guam’s government needs more timely information from the Defense Department about the planned transfer of 8,000 Marines and their dependents there from Japan so it can better plan for the necessary infrastructure… Read more »
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