The Honolulu Star Advertiser did a feature article on David Henkin, an attorney for EarthJustice who represents Malama Makua in its fight with the U.S. Army. David is a friend and Makahiki brother who has done a great job as the attorney for Malama Makua. However, I disagree with his suggestion that live fire… Read more »
Monthly Archives: January 2011
Testifiers oppose Pohakuloa training plans
Source: http://www.bigislandweekly.com/articles/2011/01/19/read/news/news01.txt Residents to Army: NO Testifiers oppose Pohakuloa training plans By Alan D. Mcnarie Wednesday, January 19, 2011 8:21 AM HST An army has to train if it wants to avoid unnecessary casualties. And American troops stationed in Hawai’i face a narrowing set of options for training. Kaho’olawe has been returned, much the worse… Read more »
Interim Director of Department of Public Safety wants to reopen Kulani Prison and recind transfer of the facility to the National Guard
After a string of murders, rapes and other abuses involving Hawai’i inmates in private prisons in the continental U.S. and a critical audit by the state auditor, Jodie Maesaki-Hirata, interim director of the State Department of Public Safety wants to bring all Hawai’i prisoners back to Hawai’i. Last year, the Lingle administration closed the Kulani… Read more »
Have the stars aligned to rollback the ‘Permanent War State’?
Veteran reporter and political analyst Gareth Porter gives a concise history of the ‘permanent war state’ the U.S. has become and suggests that conditions may be right for organizing to roll it back: >><< Source: http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/01/17-6 Published on Monday, January 17, 2011 by CommonDreams.org From Military-Industrial Complex to Permanent War State by Gareth Porter Fifty… Read more »
High-Altitude Mountainous Environmental Triaing (HAMET) on Mauna Kea criticized
Hawai’i island activist Cory Harden reports that the Mauna Kea Management Board was sharply critical of the Army’s High-Altitude Mountainous Environmental Training (HAMET) environmental assessment. Mahalo to Cory for sharing her comments on the Army’s Environmental Assessment for High-Altitude Mountainous Environmental Training on Mauna Kea: Comments Re: Environmental Assessment (EA) for High-Altitude Mountainous Environmental Triaing… Read more »
Public pans Army plan
As West Hawaii Today reports, Moku o Keawe (Hawai’i island) turned out to oppose a proposed plan to expand and renovate Army training sites at Pohakuloa. The Army seeks to move live fire training from Makua to Pohakuloa rather than reduce the overall impacts in the islands. On Wednesday, the Army announced that it would… Read more »
Before You Enlist (2011)
Straight talk from soldiers, veterans and their family members tells what is missing from the sales pitches presented by recruiters and the military’s marketing efforts.
Army’s Makua move welcome
The editorial from the Honolulu Star Advertiser about the Army’s decision to end live-fire training in Makua is surprisingly favorable to the community groups. It ends with an acknowledgment that the move of major training activities to Pohakuloa will incite other resistance: “The decision to move live-fire training from Oahu to the Big Island will… Read more »
A partial win for Makua, but struggle far from over
Yesterday, the Army announced that it will end live fire training in Makua valley. This is a win for those who have struggled for many years to save Makua from the destructive and contaminating activities of the U.S. military. The Honolulu Star Advertiser ran a story and so did the Associated Press. However, it is… Read more »
Tomgram: Nick Turse, The Pentagon’s Planet of Bases
http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/175338/tomgram:_nick_turse,_the_pentagon Tomgram: Nick Turse, The Pentagon’s Planet of Bases Posted by Nick Turse at 5:13pm, January 9, 2011. [TomDispatch recommendations: If you have a chance, check out “The Tyranny of Defense Inc.,” the latest piece by Andrew Bacevich, author of the bestselling Washington Rules, at the Atlantic. It was written to commemorate the 50th anniversary of… Read more »
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