http://pacific.bizjournals.com/pacific/stories/2010/06/07/story4.html Friday, June 4, 2010 CommPac execs’ new firm will focus on military Pacific Business News (Honolulu) – by Linda Chiem Pacific Business News The top executives at Hawaii’s largest public relations firm have joined with three retired senior military officers to start a consulting firm that will connect Hawaii businesses with the military in… Read more »
Monthly Archives: June 2010
Join DMZ-Hawai’i/ Aloha ‘Aina at the USSF: ‘American Lake’ or Ka Moana Nui?: Demilitarization movements in the Asia-Pacific
‘American Lake’ or Ka Moana Nui?: Demilitarization movements in the Asia-Pacific Since the 1890s, the US has treated the Pacific ocean as an ‘American Lake’. Today, it seeks a drastic expansion of military bases in the region, primarily to contain a rising China. But movements against US bases in the Asia-Pacific are rising up and… Read more »
Another activist with Hawai’i ties injured, still detained by Israel
Ken O’Keefe is an ex-marine who was very active in environmental and Hawaiian sovereignty issues when he lived in Hawai’i. He delivered blistering testimony against the Army’s bombing and desecration of Makua. What was so powerful about his testimony is that he attacked the premise of the training. As a vet, he had the authority… Read more »
Honouliuli forest now a state reserve
The Honouliuli forest in the Wai’anae mountains is a treasure trove for native species, some of which are found nowhere else in the world. This is also an area where the Army condemned about 2000 acres as part of its Stryker brigade expansion. The Army has out planted endangered native plants in Honouliuli as part… Read more »
U.S. troops from Hawai’i to conduct joint training with Indonesian military, despite ongoing human rights abuses
In the article below, the Honolulu Advertiser reports that Hawai’i-based troops will conduct joint exercises with the Indonesian military. The U.S. cut off military ties and military aid to Indonesia because of the horrible human rights abuses by the Indonesian military in East Timor. When Indonesian military forces, special forces and militias conducted a… Read more »
Video posted: Army desecration of burials angers Native Hawaiians
Army desecration of burials angers Native Hawaiians from kyle kajihiro on Vimeo. The Army Stryker brigade expansion in Hawai’i was a 25,000 acre land grab, the largest military buildup since WWII. Many cultural sites were damaged or destroyed by the project despite community protest. Despite warnings that a vast cultural site complex would be harmed… Read more »
Ann Wright returning home after Israeli attack on humanitarian aid flotilla
Ann Wright, who was aboard one of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla ships attacked by Israeli commandos, is safe and will be returning to Honolulu according to a report in the Honolulu Star Bulletin. She discussed the attack in an interview on Democracy Now!: JUAN GONZALEZ: Well, we also have on the line also someone else… Read more »
Hawaii rally protesting Israeli commando raid
http://www.khon2.com/news/local/story/Hawaii-rally-protesting-Israeli-commando-raid/TYuDgfAt2UCv_A00H-6aIQ.cspx Hawaii rally protesting Israeli commando raid Reported by: Marisa Yamane Email: myamane@khon2.com Last Update: 6/01 10:13 pm A Honolulu woman was among seven hundred activists taken into Israeli custody after soldiers raided a flotilla carrying relief supplies to Gaza. The deadly raid also sparked protests across the US today, including here in Hawaii. Hawaii… Read more »
Japan’s Prime Minister resigns over broken pledge to remove U.S. military base from Okinawa
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/02/world/asia/02japan.html?th&emc=th Japan’s Premier Will Quit as Approval Plummets By MARTIN FACKLER Published: June 1, 2010 SEOUL, South Korea — Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama of Japan, who swept into power last year with bold promises to revamp the country, then faltered over broken campaign pledges to remove an American base from Okinawa, announced Wednesday that he… Read more »
Hawaii Woman Held By Israelis
http://www.kitv.com/news/23762985/detail.html Hawaii Woman Held By Israelis Activist Was On Aid Mission Attacked By Commandos Dick Allgire KITV 4 News Reporter POSTED: 3:54 pm HST June 1, 2010 HONOLULU — Retired Army Col. Ann Wright, a Honolulu resident, is reportedly being held by the Israeli government after commandos stormed a flotilla of ships taking aid to… Read more »
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