Take a Stand to Defend Lualualei Farm Land! There will be an important community meeting for protection of agricultural land in Lualualei. The Wai’anae Sustainable Community Plan final draft will be discussed. The developers who want to industrialize Wai’anae have inserted a “purple spot” of urban zoning into the plan in the middle of historically… Read more »
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US troops ‘murdered Afghan civilians and kept body parts’
This is the mission? War distorts our morality and steals the humanity of both the killers and the dead. The lands of Makua, Pohakuloa and Lihu’e should not be used to support the illegal and immoral occupation of other countries. BBC reports: US troops ‘murdered Afghan civilians and kept body parts’ A group of US… Read more »
Site visit to cultural sites threatened by Stryker brigade expansion in Lihu’e, O’ahu
Article and photos by Summer Nemeth On Wednesday, July 14, 2010, I received a call from Keona Mark, a cultural monitor with Garcia & Associates (GANDA) who has been working up at Lihue. She invited me to attend a site visit that Saturday (7/17) to see some ki’i pohaku (petroglyph rocks) that are threatened by… Read more »
Partial transcript of First Friday show with guest Annelle Amaral, Native Hawaiian liaison
On Friday, August 6, 2010, Annelle Amaral was the guest on the “First Friday” live call-in program on ‘Olelo Community Television, Channel 53. The taped program will run on subsequent Fridays for the month of August. The program is also available online on-demand: http://olelo.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=30&clip_id=15103 Annelle Amaral is the Native Hawaiian liaison for the Army Garrison… Read more »
Army paid Native Hawaiian liaison $742,392
Through the Freedom of Information Act, the AFSC Hawai’i recently obtained the contract between the Army Garrison Hawai’i and Annelle Amaral (W912CN-08-C-0051), the Army’s Native Hawaiian liaison in Hawai’i. The original contract and its eight modifications are worth $742,392 until August 15, 2010. Download the contract and modifications here. The statement of work states: (a)… Read more »
HEALING THE EARTH, HEALING OURSELVES
Jeffrey Acido, one of Hawai’i’s young organizers/teachers/prophets wrote the following article about the environment and the healing of our communities. >><< Monday at 9:33am Agkabannuag July Issue Jeffrey Tangonan Acido HEALING THE EARTH, HEALING OURSELVES During the past several months I realized that I have been falling in love again and again with the majestic… Read more »
Beggars’ Belief: The Farmers’ Resistance Movement on Iejima Island, Okinawa
This article from Japan Focus gives a vivid account of the origins and history of the anti-bases movement in Iejima, Okinawa. Also see the accompanying article by Ahagon Shoko and C. Douglas Lummis: I Lost My Only Son in the War: Prelude to the Okinawan Anti-Base Movement. This article is a translation of two chapters… 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 »
Army desecration of burials angers Native Hawaiians
Yesterday, a representatives of Native Hawaiian organizations and other supporters went on a site visit to the area in Lihu’e (Schofield range) where the Army desecrated the burials of at least two individuals, including an adult and a child. Poi pounders and other cultural implements were also found at the site. The Army’s propaganda spin… Read more »
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