Published by jalbertini on October 16th, 2024 in Climate Change, Hawaii Independence, Military, Pohakuloa, Public Events, Radiation, Social Justice, Take Action! | No Comments
Red Flag Fire Warning Oct. 16, 2024, includes Pohakuloa in the center of Hawaii Island
The 133,000-acre Pohakuloa Training Area (PTA) in the center of Hawaii Island is under Red Flag warning, yet troops from 10 nations have been doing war training there for several weeks. The latest draft EIS released by PTA said 892 wildfires have been started at PTA since 1975. One in 2022, a year before the deadly Lahaina fire, burned over 17,000 acres, including over 12,000 acres off the base in Endangered Species Habitat.
PTA is Hawaii’s Lahaina fire in the making. Millions of live rounds are fired annually at Pohakuloa, an area contaminated with many military toxins, including Depleted Uranium Radiation from 80 years of bombing and shelling. These toxins blow in the strong winds that frequent the area and can be re-suspended by high explosives and in the smoke from fires at Pohakuloa. PTA at 6500 feet elevation is located above the island’s main aquifer. Is PTA also Hawaii Island’s Red Hill water contamination in the process? PTA spends millions of dollars a year hauling water to the base. Yet they drilled 2 wells on base more than 10 years ago and hit water at a shallow depth — 750 feet and 1200 feet below the surface, but they are still not using the water from those wells. How come? What’s in the water below PTA?
News Media and Elected Officials: Raise questions about the ELEPHANT in the center of Hawaii Island — The Pohakuloa TOXIC Area (PTA)!
Jim Albertini
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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
Published by jalbertini on October 15th, 2024 in Climate Change, Hawaii Independence, Military, Pohakuloa, Public Events, Radiation, Social Justice, Take Action!, Vigil leaflets | No Comments
Recycle the War Machine! _______________________________________________________________
Food Not Bombs! Houses Not Bombs! Education Not Bombs! Health Care not Bombs! Stop the Genocide!
The US spends $1 Trillion a year on its war machine, more than the next 9 nations combined, and plans to spend more than $1.7 Trillion on upgrading its nuclear weapons arsenal that already can destroy the world many times over. After WWII the Pentagon was to revert to a medical facility. The above figures on military spending appear to confirm that the Pentagon has kept its word. It has become – a War Machine Insane Asylum, with Bi-partisan Congressional, Executive Branch, and Wall Street support!
Save the Planet! 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.
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Oct. 18, 2024, Hilo Peace Vigil leaflet – week 1203– Fridays 3:30-5 PM downtown Post Office
Published by jalbertini on October 15th, 2024 in Hawaii Independence, Military, Pohakuloa, Public Events, Radiation, Social Justice, Take Action! | No Comments
The Oct. 16, 2024, Hawaii County Council 9 AM meeting on Bill 206 to restore the County’s Nuclear-Free Law (Repeal the Military Exemption) will be held in Kailua-Kona at the
West Hawaii Civic Center 74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Highway, Building A
People can also testify at the following locations around the island:
• Hilo Council Chambers, Hawaii County Building,25 Aupuni Street, Room 1401
Public attendance via Courtesy is available at the following locations:
• Old Kohala Courthouse, 54-3900 Akoni Pule Highway, Kapa`au;
• Pahoa Council Office, 15-2879 Pahoa Village Road;
• Lily Yoshimatsu Senior Center, 67-1199 Mamalahoa Highway, Waimea; and
• Ocean View Community Association, 92-8924 Leilani Circle.
Please pass the word. Mahalo.
Jim
Published by jalbertini on October 13th, 2024 in Military, Pohakuloa, Public Events, Radiation, Social Justice, Take Action! | No Comments
Please join the Peace organizing meeting Monday, Oct. 14th from 6 -8 PM at the Kea’au Community Center. Among the topics of discussion: Restoring Hawaii County’s Nuclear-Free Zone law (Repealing the Military Exemption). Public Hearing Wed. Oct. 16th 9AM. Testify in support of Bill 206 in Hilo and Kona and various county sites around the island. Send in email testimony by Tuesday noon if you cannot testify in person. Send email in support of Bill 206 to counciltestimony@hawaiicounty.gov For more background See https://malu-aina.org/?p=10305 and my testimony on Oct. 1st at a committee hearing can be viewed here https://malu-aina.org/?p=10529 Please pass the word to ohana and friends. Mahalo.
Jim
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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
Published by jalbertini on October 12th, 2024 in Hawaii Independence, Military, Pohakuloa, Public Events, Radiation, Social Justice, Take Action! | No Comments
Aloha Peace Ohana,
There will be a Peace organizing meeting Monday, Oct. 14th from 6 -8 PM at the Kea’au Community Center. Among the topics of discussion: Genocide in Gaza and widening Mid-East War, Restoring Hawaii County’s Nuclear-Free Zone law. Public Hearing Wed. Oct. 16th, 9AM. Testify in support of Bill 206 in Hilo and Kona and various county sites around the island. Send in an email testimony by Tuesday at noon if you cannot testify in person. Send email in support of Bill 206 to counciltestimony@hawaiicounty.gov Please pass the word to ohana and friends. See https://malu-aina.org/?p=10305 for more background. and my testimony on Oct. 1st at a committee hearing can be viewed here. https://malu-aina.org/?p=10529 Mahalo.
Jim
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
