100 attend hearing on Army’s Makua use By Leila Fujimori POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Oct 07, 2008 Thirteen-year-old Kauhi Maunakea-Forth says the Army’s live-fire training is “kind of like sad that they’re doing that to our land” because of cultural sites at Makua Valley. MORE PUBLIC MEETINGS Other public meetings on the Army’s supplemental environmental… Read more »
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Marines drop plans to train at Makua
February 10, 1998 Honolulu Star Bulletin Marine unit drops plans to train at Hawaii base A contingent of California Marines will skip a planned visit to the islands this month on its way to the Persian Gulf. Some 2,000 Marines from the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit based at Camp Pendleton, Calif., were supposed to train… Read more »
Wai’anae community urges CINCPAC to cancel Marines training in Makua
Military sizes up Makua landing About 70 people, many of whom oppose the exercise, meet with Admiral Prueher, who will decide whether to cancel By Kulani Mahikoa Star-Bulletin A decision on whether to cancel the military’s plans for a Sept. 4 amphibious landing exercise at Makua Beach will be made in a few days, according… Read more »
Neighborhood board opposes Marines landing at Makua
Board opposes Marines landing at Makua Residents speak out against a military exercise at that beach By Harold Morse Star-Bulletin After hearing emotional discussion, the Waianae Neighborhood Board voted 13-0 last night to oppose an amphibious landing of Marines at Makua Beach. The landing, involving about 590 California Marines, would take place as part of… Read more »
Makua ‘open house’ tries to win over public
By Kathryn Bender, Star-Bulletin David Hauhio, 11, holds an M60 machine gun weighing 23 pounds at the open house. Army opens house at Makua to try to win over public The military is hoping to win approval to land troops there for exercises By Jim Witty Star-Bulletin There aren’t many places like Makua Valley left… Read more »
Makua Beach supporters cheer defendant in court
http://archives.starbulletin.com/96/08/22/news/briefs.html Makua Beach supporters cheer defendant in court District Judge Ambrose Rosehill will issue a written decision in the next several weeks in the first Makua Beach eviction case to go to trial. Richard Kinney, 57, was among more than a dozen people arrested for refusing to leave Makua Beach when the state cleared the… Read more »
DMZ Materials
Reports and Speeches A Brief Overview of Militarization and Resistance in Hawai’i, DMZ-Hawai’i / Aloha ‘Aina (March 2007) The Dirty Secret About UARC (September 2007) This is a large pdf file. The Secret and Scandalous Origins of the UARC (September 2007) Indigeneity and Militarism: Aloha Aina Contra Empire – Speech given by Ikaika Hussey at… Read more »
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Groups we currently network and collaborate with: 808 Urban Concerned Elders of Waiʻanae Decolonial Pinays Earthjustice Hawaiʻi Peace and Justice Honolulu Friends Meeting Peace and Social Concerns Committee Hui Hoʻokipa Hui Mālama o Mākua Kaʻena Cultural Practice Project KAHEA: The Hawaiian Environmental Alliance Kauaʻi Alliance for Peace and Social Justice Life of the Land MAʻO… Read more »
Overview of Military in Hawai’i
PEOPLE’S REPORT ON THE STATE OF THE MILITARY IN HAWAI‘I[1] I ka wa ma mua, ka wa ma hope In the past, the future (Native Hawaiian proverb) Introduction For more than a century, the U.S. has treated the Pacific Ocean as an “American Lake.” As a primary target of U.S. foreign policy during the 1898… Read more »
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DMZ Hawai’i / Aloha ‘Aina is a network of organizations and individuals working to counter the military’s negative social, cultural and environmental impacts in Hawai’i. Intrinsic to our work is support for the human rights of Kanaka Maoli (Native Hawaiians) and promotion of aloha ‘aina (love for the land). The name of the network… Read more »
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