Malu 'Aina

Malu ;Aina has been sharing food with people in need for over 40 years 

Modern Nativity Scene!

      Wars, climate disasters, and income inequality, are killing and displacing millions of people around the world. In Hawaii, there are now more Native Hawaiians living outside of Hawaii than in Hawaii – priced out of their native land. Hi-tech barons (replacing Sugar barons) are moving in. Ellison of Oracle now claims ownership of 95% of Lanai, Zuckerburg of Facebook has a palatial estate on Kauai, Bezos of Amazon has a luxury home on Maui, Michael Dell of Dell Computers and Mark Benioff of Sales-force are on Hawaii Island. More no doubt are in exclusive hiding in the corporate cloud.

      Hawaii is increasingly becoming a haven for the super-rich and is one of the most militarized places in the world. More and more land around military bases is being used as Buffer Zones (called Sentinel Landscape) as modern day moats to prevent encroachment upon military forts of the US Empire.

      It’s time to rebuild Hawaii and our world on a foundation of justice, peace, and aloha ‘aina – taking care of the land so the land can take care of us. It’s time to De-militarize Hawaii and end the illegal US military occupation of the independent nation of Hawaii since 1893. It’s time to restore the Ahupua’a village system –mauka to makai, where ordinary people will not have to live desperately searching for food, housing, and other basic needs. Before western settler colonialism and US occupation, Hawaii had a population of over 1 million people and was 100% self-sufficient in food. Today, Hawaii, the most isolated land mass in the world, has a population of 1.4 million and imports 95% of its food. Food Sovereignty is True Sovereignty!

Stand for Justice, Peace, and Aloha ‘Aina!

1 . Mourn all victims of violence. 2. Reject violence & war as solutions. 3. Defend civil liberties.  4. Oppose all discrimination: anti-Islamic, anti-Semitic, anti-Hawaiian,

anti-Black, anti-Asian, anti- Russian, anti-LGBTQ, etc. 5. Seek peace through peaceful means and work for justice in Hawai`i and around the world.

Malu ‘Aina Center for Non-violent Education & Action P.O. Box 489 Ola’a (Kurtistown), Hawai’i 96760 Phone (808) 966-7622

Email ja@malu-aina.org to receive our posts. For more information see https://www.malu-aina.org

Dec. 20, 2024, Hilo Peace Vigil leaflet – week 1212– Fridays 3:30-5 PM downtown Post Office

Malu ‘Aina Annual Appeal

December 2024

Aloha friends,

  Once a year, during this Holy season, I write to ask for your help to sustain the work of Malu ‘Aina, an all-volunteer non-profit organization committed to justice, peace, and aloha ‘aina – a living planet for generations to come. Such work is more critical now than ever. There is so much suffering and death from war, injustice, and climate disasters. The danger of global nuclear war is increasing dramatically in Ukraine, the Middle East, and China.

  2024 marks 45 years since the founding of Malu 'Aina. Some of you have been with us from the start. Others more recently. Please know, that we appreciate all of you for your solidarity and donations of support. You are our base.  To maintain our independence and critical voice, we do not seek corporate or government funding. We started grassroots and want to stay grassroots.

  We remain committed to the principle of non-violence, kapu aloha, as our guiding light. We believe deeply that the means we use must be in line with the end that we seek. We would like to transition to the next generation of leadership, but the going is tough, and will likely get tougher over the next 4 years. We hope the vision of Malu ‘Aina will be carried forward. Your ideas, and suggestions of next-generation leaders, both Volunteer Farm and Board members, are encouraged.

  We continue to grow food at Malu ‘Aina to share with people in need but with limited volunteer farm volunteers. We have long served as an emergency food pantry. Each week we also write a new peace leaflet for widespread distribution and conduct a weekly peace vigil at the downtown Hilo Post Office/Federal Building. Friday, Dec. 6, 2024, will mark 1210 consecutive weekly peace leaflets, for a vigil that started the day after Sept. 11, 2001. You can read the new and past weekly leaflets, and other posts. on our website www.malu-aina.org. In addition, we continue our efforts to de-militarize Hawaii and the planet, support Hawaiian rights, a permanent Ceasefire in Gaza, Ukraine, etc., and negotiations for peace everywhere. The world needs a major shift in resources from warfare to healthcare, education, feeding the hungry, housing the homeless, and protecting the environment. Protecting the planet from nuclear war and further climate disasters are the two greatest challenges facing human civilization.

  We have plenty of work to do.  Both on the farm and in our other work, we could use more volunteer peoplepower along with donations. Mahalo for your continued financial support and solidarity in this journey for justice, peace, and aloha ‘aina. You are a blessing and very much appreciated.

With gratitude and aloha,

Jim Albertini

Donations are tax deductible if checks are made to Center for Non-violent Education & Action P.O. Box 489 ‘Ola’a (Kurtistown), Hawaii 96760 A Pay Pal account (Donate Button) is on our webpage www.malu-aina.org. To receive our weekly posts, please send me an email at ja@malu-aina.org with a request. You can also reach us by phone (808) 966-7622. Mahalo.

Malu ‘Aina Annual Appeal

 December 2024

Aloha friends,

  Once a year, during this Holy season, I write to ask for your help to sustain the work of Malu ‘Aina, an all-volunteer non-profit organization committed to justice, peace, and aloha ‘aina – a living planet for generations to come. Such work is more critical now than ever. There is so much suffering and death from war, injustice, and climate disasters. The danger of global nuclear war is increasing dramatically in Ukraine, the Middle East, and China.

  2024 marks 45 years since the founding of Malu 'Aina. Some of you have been with us from the start. Others more recently. Please know, that we appreciate all of you for your solidarity and donations of support. You are our base.  To maintain our independence and critical voice, we do not seek corporate or government funding. We started grassroots and want to stay grassroots.

  We remain committed to the principle of non-violence, kapu aloha, as our guiding light. We believe deeply that the means we use must be in line with the end that we seek. We would like to transition to the next generation of leadership, but the going is tough, and will likely get tougher over the next 4 years. We hope the vision of Malu ‘Aina will be carried forward. Your ideas, and suggestions of next-generation leaders, both Volunteer Farm and Board members, are encouraged.

  We continue to grow food at Malu ‘Aina to share with people in need but with limited volunteer farm volunteers. We have long served as an emergency food pantry. Each week we also write a new peace leaflet for widespread distribution and conduct a weekly peace vigil at the downtown Hilo Post Office/Federal Building. Friday, Dec. 6, 2024, will mark 1210 consecutive weekly peace leaflets, for a vigil that started the day after Sept. 11, 2001. You can read the new and past weekly leaflets and other posts on our website www.malu-aina.org. In addition, we continue our efforts to de-militarize Hawaii and the planet, support Hawaiian rights, a permanent Ceasefire in Gaza, Ukraine, etc., and negotiations for peace everywhere. The world needs a major shift in resources from warfare to healthcare, education, feeding the hungry, housing the homeless, and protecting the environment. Protecting the planet from nuclear war and further climate disasters are the two greatest challenges facing human civilization.

  We have plenty of work to do.  Both on the farm and in our other work, we could use more volunteer people power along with donations. Mahalo for your continued financial support and solidarity in this journey for justice, peace, and aloha ‘aina. You are a blessing and very much appreciated.

With gratitude and aloha,

Jim Albertini

Donations are tax deductible if checks are made to Center for Non-violent Education & Action P.O. Box 489 ‘Ola’a (Kurtistown), Hawaii 96760

A Pay Pal account (Donate Button) is on our webpage www.malu-aina.org. To receive our weekly posts, please send me

an email at ja@malu-aina.org with a request. You can also reach us by phone (808) 966-7622. Mahalo.

2024 Nobel Peace Prize!

      “Today, Dec. 10, 2024, is a historic day on which hibakusha (atomic bomb survivors) finally received long-awaited global recognition through the Nobel Peace Prize, awarded this year to Nihon Hidankyo, an organization that supports the rights of hibakusha and carries out educational work on the humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons use. I extend my heartfelt congratulations to all of them, living or deceased and of all nationalities, especially those who have courageously spoken out and shared their sorrows, sufferings, and cries for peace. Hibakusha’s appeals have inspired many people around the world to take action, but the reality we face in today’s world — the intensifying arms race, the many conflicts in which nuclear threats have been explicitly or implicitly involved, and the general lack of interest in seeing nuclear disarmament as a realistic possibility rather than a naïve idealism — shows that there is more work to do… “ — Hirokazu Miyazaki, Northwestern University

Food, Housing, Health Care, etc. NOT BOMBS!

       Photo of a Javelin anti-tank missile being fired at Pohakuloa. Millions of live rounds are fired annually at Pohakuloa in the center of Hawaii Island while 40% of families on Hawaii Island (33% statewide) are food insecure. The price of each Javelin missile is now $350,000. Javelins are manufactured by RTX (formerly Raytheon). In October, RTX was fined $950m for inflating bills to the DoD, lying about labor and material costs, and paying bribes to secure foreign business.

      The US military budget is now equal to $1 TRILLION annually when spending on nuclear weapons, and “emergency” military spending is included. That’s more than the next 9 countries combined. Meanwhile, according to US Senator Bernie Sanders, “60% of our people live paycheck to paycheck, 85 million people are uninsured or underinsured, and 21.5 million households are paying more than 50% of their income on housing. We have one of the highest rates of childhood poverty of almost any developed country on Earth, and 25% of older adults are trying to survive on $15,000 a year or less. In other words, the United States has fallen far behind other major countries in protecting the most vulnerable, and our government has failed millions of working families.” Please be aware – the US intends to spend $1.7 TRILLION to upgrade its nuclear arsenal in the coming years.

      Also, why has there been so little news coverage of Hawaii County’s recent courageous repeal of the 40 year old military exemption from the County’s Historic Nuclear-Free Law. The danger of a nuclear apocalypse has never been greater. Together, with the Hibakusha, let us renew the urgency of global nuclear disarmament diplomacy. No More War! Peace is a Victory for All.

1 . Mourn all victims of violence. 2. Reject violence & war as solutions. 3. Defend civil liberties.  4. Oppose all discrimination: anti-Islamic, anti-Semitic, anti-Hawaiian,

anti-Black, anti-Asian, anti- Russian, anti-LGBTQ, etc. 5. Seek peace through peaceful means and work for justice in Hawai`i and around the world.

Malu ‘Aina Center for Non-violent Education & Action P.O. Box 489 Ola’a (Kurtistown), Hawai’i 96760 Phone (808) 966-7622

Email ja@malu-aina.org to receive our posts. For more information see https://www.malu-aina.org

Dec. 13, 2024, Hilo Peace Vigil leaflet – week 1211– Fridays 3:30-5 PM downtown Post Office

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Jim Albertini Malu 'Aina Center For Non-violent Education & Action P.O. Box 489 Ola'a (Kurtistown) Hawai'i 96760
Phone 808-966-7622 Email ja@malu-aina.org Visit us on the web at www.malu-aina.org

Military Exemption To Hawaiʻi Nuclear-Free Law Repealed

— Jim Albertini Malu ‘Aina Center For Non-violent Education & Action P.O. Box 489 Ola’a (Kurtistown) Hawai’i 96760 Phone 808-966-7622 Email ja@malu-aina.org Visit us on the web at www.malu-aina.org