Remembering

Hawaii’s Queen Lili`uokalani and

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

                                            

      January 18th marks the holiday in the U.S., and U.S. occupied Hawaii, named for the late Dr. Martin Luther King. Jr. who was a champion for civil rights, justice, peace and the power of nonviolent action. Dr. King was assassinated in 1968. A jury in a wrongful death suit brought by the King family determined King’s killing was “an act of State.” In short, King’s assassination was a U.S. government operation, not the work of a lone assassin.

      Though having bombed 7 countries, and assassinated thousands by drone strikes, U.S. President Barrack Obama in his 2016 State of the Union address spoke highly of Dr. King’s belief that “unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word…” Dr. King  did not support bombing anyone.  He shared a belief similar to Queen Lili’uokalani. Hawaii’s Queen did not advocate violence in response to the illegal and unjust overthrow of her government. She yielded power temporarily to save lives and with the belief that no lie can live forever.

      Today, Kingdom of Hawaii nationals, African Americans, and others are continuing the call for justice. Hawaii nationals, rightfully so, want their nation back. African Americans want their call that “Black Lives Matter” to be taken seriously.  All movements for justice, peace, and civil rights, like Birmingham, Selma, stopping  wars and bombing of Kaho’olawe, Pohakuloa, and protecting Mauna Kea, etc. require committed, sustained, nonviolent action. In Hawaii we call this belief and spirit of  “unarmed truth and unconditional love” — Kapu Aloha. Indeed, Truth and Love, not bombs, should have the first and final word.

Keep Your Eyes on the Prize &

Never Give Up!

1. Mourn all victims of violence. 2. Reject war as a solution. 3. Defend civil liberties.
4. Oppose all discrimination, anti-Islamic, anti-Semitic, anti-Hawaiian, etc.
5. Seek peace through justice in Hawai`i and around the world.

Contact: Malu ‘Aina Center for Non-violent Education & Action
P.O. Box 489 Kurtistown, Hawai’i 96760
Phone (808) 966-7622. Email: ja@malu-aina.org

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Hilo Peace Vigil leaflet (Jan. 15, 2016 – 747^th week) – Friday 3:30-5PM downtown Post Office

Aloha friends,
Please share widely. Clickto open the link below.  David Hartsough is a remarkable person and activist. I urge people to attend the pot luck on Friday, January 8th in Keaau and join in the sharing by and with David. Guaranteed he’ll inspire you by his more than 5 decades of activism. Given the times, we need all the inspiration we can get for the long haul work for justice, peace, and the earth.
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 www.malu-aina.org

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David Hartsough

A Happy & More Just and

Peaceful

New Year for All!

      There are great divides that need healing in Hawaii, the U.S. and the world. Honolulu has the largest number of homeless per capita of any city in the U.S. The gap between rich are poor widens. Here on Hawaii Island there are an increasing number of homeless and people in need of food, while $50-100 million dollar private jets crowd the Kona airport bringing the super rich to vacation in luxury homes and resorts. Native Hawaiians in their illegally occupied homeland, now #4 in census figures are #1 in prison, have the lowest life expectancy, and are at the bottom in nearly every other social category. 27,000 Hawaiians remain on the Hawaiian Homes waiting list while tens of thousands have left Hawaii because they can no longer afford to live here. Working people in general are finding it increasingly difficult to make ends meet while Hawaii becomes a playground for the super-rich.

      Throughout the U.S. the call that “Black Lives Matter” seems to be falling on deaf ears. Nearly every day brings new horrors of police violence which add to the climate of fear and hatred. Hostility to immigrants and refugees by many political candidates only widen divisions.

      Globally, the signs of man-made climate disaster are everywhere. Extremes in weather patterns, intense killer storms can no longer be ignored. The world is in a state of perpetual war with the U.S. leading the way in creating chaos and what the CIA calls “Blowback” – growing hatred and violence in response to U.S. policies of violence –regime change, bombings, drone killings, etc. in a growing number of countries. The U.S. is a global empire: the most heavily armed country in the world and the world’s biggest exporter of weapons. The U.S. exports roughly half of all weapons shipped around the world. A Congressional Research report and a N.Y. Times article about the report says: “Every region of the globe has the same top weapons source: the United States. Three-quarters of U.S. weapons shipments are to the Middle East. Top recipients of U.S. weapons include: Saudi Arabia, Iraq, U.A.E., Israel, Kuwait, Oman, and Egypt. The human-rights respecting liberal democracies among top recipients of U.S. weapons include … no nations whatsoever.” http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/26/world/middleeast/us-foreign-arms-deals-increased-nearly-10-billion-in-2014.html?

      Add to this list of horrors the increasing risk of further Fukushima nuclear plant catastrophes related to climate disaster storms, plus the risk of nuclear weapons being used by nations, groups, or individuals in escalating cycles of violence. Given all of the above, the prospects for a Happy New Year appear rather bleak. What is needed is a our personal and collective commitment to a more peaceful, just, and livable world and to follow up that commitment with walking the talk. No more hot air! End these wars! Stop the violence! Narrow the divides and heal our communities! If we want peace, work for justice in a way that respects all people and the earth we share. As we say in Hawaii, it’s time to

Live Aloha!

1. Mourn all victims of violence. 2. Reject war as a solution. 3. Defend civil liberties.
4. Oppose all discrimination, anti-Islamic, anti-Semitic, anti-Hawaiian, etc.
5. Seek peace through justice in Hawai`i and around the world.

Contact: Malu ‘Aina Center for Non-violent Education & Action
P.O. Box 489 Kurtistown, Hawai’i 96760
Phone (808) 966-7622. Email: ja@malu-aina.org

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Hilo Peace Vigil leaflet (Jan. 1, 2016 – 745^th week) – Friday 3:30-5PM downtown Post Office

Jim Albertini 

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Petitioning President Barack Obama and 2 others

Protect the Drone Assassination Program Whistleblowers!

Mauro Oliveira Montgomery Creek, CA

President Barack Obama, Members of Congress and the US Attorney General,

The Federal Whistleblower law protects those who come forward with evidence of illegal or corrupt activities and these former drone pilots have done so and must be protected. Instead, their credit cards and bank accounts are frozen in what most definitely is in violation of the whistle blower laws and their civil rights.

The Drone Assassination program has been challenged by thousands of eye witnesses, photographs, the statements of pilots and others in the program, as well as leaked documents that show that the government understands that the statements made to the public about civilian deaths are false and grossly understated. Other events witnessed by these pilots amounts to murder and conspiracy to murder civilians, including the known targeting of children and other non-combatants. This is in direct violation of the Constitution of the United States of America as well as International Law.

The Obama Administration has prosecuted more whistleblowers than all other presidents combined thru loopholes and in direct violation of the Spirit of the Federal Whistle Blower Act. The public is well aware that the administration is also implicated in the dissemination of false and misleading information to the public about this program while simultaneously being responsible for the protection of these drone pilot whistleblowers. Therefore it is of critical importance to the integrity of the Nation’s leadership and the confidence of We the People that these whistle blowers are immediately protected and all their possessions returned. Further harassment of them is inexcusable and cannot be tolerated.

This petition further serves to demand the President of the United States and Congress immediately halt the drone assassination program everywhere in the world while a full and transparent investigation of all allegations is made.

Signed

 

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