The Sad 2024 US Empire

Debate

     Both Biden and Trump Support US Military Corporate Global Domination disguised as campaigns for “freedom & democracy.” In truth, both are Big US Military Industrial Complex Supporters just like most Democrats and Republicans in Congress who vote Billions for weapons and wars against Russia, China, and Israel’s war against Palestine! Biden and Trump both support Israel’s war though Trump is more blatant – Trump urges Israel to “Finish Up” its Gaza offensive – ”You’ve got to finish the problem.”

     In these very dangerous times, I am reminded of the prayer for peace by the late Trappist Monk Thomas Merton, who was an inspiration to many of us who stood against the US war in Vietnam, Merton said: “When I pray for peace, I pray not only that the enemies of my own country may cease to want war, but above all that my country will cease to do the things that make war inevitable.”

     I pray that all of our eyes be opened to see the truth and take action for peace now! Future generations are counting on us to prevent extinction through climate disaster and nuclear war. In a hungry world, the priority is clear – Food, not Bombs!

Peace is a Victory for All! No More Weapons & Wars!

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

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June 21, 2024, Hilo Peace Vigil leaflet – week 1186 – Fridays 3:30-5 PM downtown Post Office

Peace Not Extinction!

     The world faces a crisis of extinction through climate disaster and the threat of nuclear war. A common thread in both is what former US President and General Dwight David Eisenhower called the Military Industrial Complex (MIC). Today, the US military is the greatest consumer of oil and the largest emitter of CO2 on the planet. If you don’t think Climate disaster is real, you are not paying attention to reality: More intense storms, drought, flooding, heatwaves, fires, etc. The same can be said of the increasing threat of human extinction through global nuclear war. The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Doomsday Clock is now set at 90 seconds to Midnight – the Doomsday Hour.

     Former CIA intelligence analyst, Ray McGovern, has updated the Military Industrial Complex (MIC) to MICIMATT – The Military, Industrial, Congressional, Intelligence, Media, Academia, Think-Tank Complex. And McGovern says we are now living in a time of global nuclear crisis he labels Cuba 2.0. Sixty two years ago the Cuban missile crisis brought the world to the brink of nuclear war with the Soviet Union placing nuclear missiles in Cuba after the US placed nuclear weapons near the Soviet border in Turkey. Fortunately, dialogue took place and the Soviets agreed to remove their missiles from Cuba, and the US agreed to remove its missiles from Turkey and not to invade Cuba. The world took a great sigh of relief. Armageddon was avoided, but barely.

     Cuba 2.0 comes down to this. Recently, Ukraine, with US assistance, destroyed three Russian nuclear ballistic missile early warning radar networks, blinding the Russians to possible incoming attack missiles. In response, Russian ships with offensive strike missiles sailed into the Caribbean on the US doorstep, similar to the US poking China by sending ships into areas around Taiwan. Ray McGovern interview – Will Biden Heed Putin’s Warnings? https://www.youtube.com/live/DNNNvH3Xz3g?t=70s

     Dialogue and Ceasefires toward lasting peace, not more weapons and wars, need to be our world’s guiding light now more than ever. It’s true in Gaza where the death toll and destruction is heartbreaking. It is true in Ukraine. It is true with rising tensions between the US and China, North Korea, and armed conflicts all over the world. Violence begets violence! It is not a path toward peace.  Kapu Aloha (Non-violence) must become our way forward. As Bob Dylan said decades ago – “How many deaths will it take till” we learn —

           The World Wants Nuclear Disarmament and Climate Stability!

Aloha ‘Aina is in Everyone’s Best Interest!

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

June 14, 2024, Hilo Peace Vigil leaflet – week 1185 – Fridays 3:30-5 PM downtown Post Office

Food NOT Bombs!

Photo of a $200,000 Javelin anti-tank missile being

fired at Pohakuloa while 40% of Big Island households are food insecure!

Millions of live rounds (involving a wide variety of weapons) are fired annually at Pohakuloa!

New study: Hawaii Household food insecurity is highest on Big Island

https://bigislandnow.com/2024/05/30/new-study-household-food-inseurity-highest-on-big-island/

Where are the voices for shifting priorities from funding the war machine (profits for the military-industrial complex) to

meeting human needs – food, housing, education, etc.?

Oppose the State Lease Renewal of Land to the Military at Pohakuloa! Key Concerns: Cultural/Historic Sites, Air Quality, Water Quality, Critical Habitat for Endangered Species, Livefire Wildfires, and Multiple Toxins including Depleted Uranium (DU).

Midnight June 7, 2024, Public Comment Deadline for Pohakuloa Training Area Draft 2 EIS Lease. Email to atlr-pta-eis@g70.design, mail to ATLR PTA EIS Comments, P.O. Box 3444, Honolulu, HI 96801-3444. For more info see https://malu-aina.org/?p=10122

Midnight June 7, 2024, Public Comment Deadline for Haleakala Telescopes. Email  amosstareis@tetratech.com or send via U.S. Mail: AMOS STAR EIS c/o Tetra Tech, 1230 Colombia St., Suite 1000, San Diego, CA 92101. The project’s website is at amosstareis.com. See the Maui Now article on AF telescopes https://mauinow.com/2024/04/29/air-force-proposes-facility-

Speak Out Now! Don’t be Late!

Malu ‘Aina Center for Non-violent Education & Action

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June 7, 2024, Hilo Peace Vigil leaflet – week 1184 – 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

     RIMPAC (Rim of the Pacific) is the worldʻs largest international maritime exercise, held biannually since the early 1970s. Approximately 29 nations, 40 surface ships, 3 submarines, 14 national land forces, over 150 aircraft and more than 25,000 personnel will participate in the RIMPAC 2024 exercise scheduled from June 26 to Aug. 2, in and around the Hawaiian Islands. bigislandnow.com

     Forces from Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Denmark, Ecuador, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Peru, the Republic of Korea, the Republic of the Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tonga, the United Kingdom and the United States will participate in RIMPAC 2024.

     Specific military details for RIMPAC 2024 have not been released. Still, RIMPAC usually involves the sinking of ships (and harm to marine life) by bombing and shelling in Hawaiian waters, onshore military beach assault landings, bombing, shelling, and troop training at the Pohakuloa Training Area on Hawaii Island and possibly other areas, as well as human trafficking with military troops entering tourist areas. Canceling the RIMPAC War Games Now & Forever will be a Peace victory for all!

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     If RIMPAC goes forward, extensive protests are planned. Presently protests are scheduled for Saturday, June 22 from 10 AM till Noon in Hilo on Kamehameha Ave near the Mo’oheau Bandstand, Saturday, July 6 from 10 AM till Noon at the Pohakuloa Main Gate, Saturday, July 20 from 10 AM till Noon fronting the Kamehameha Statue on Hilo Bayfront.  Please pass the word! Mahalo.

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

   Hawaii Island Radiation

Park!  “No Breathing Zone!”

(Surrounded by the Military Pohakuloa Toxic Area (PTA)

Children’s Playground Area is Closed for Repair 5/28/24 for at least a week

Radiation readings at this park have been detected far above background levels on multiple occasions.

Oppose the State Lease Renewal of Land to the Military at Pohakuloa! Key Concerns: Cultural/Historic Sites, Air Quality, Water Quality, Critical Habitat for Endangered Species, Bombing Wildfires, and Multiple Toxins including Depleted Uranium (DU).

June 7, 2024, Public Comment Deadline for Pohakuloa Training Area Draft 2 EIS Lease. Email to atlr-pta-eis@g70.design, mail to ATLR PTA EIS Comments, P.O. Box 3444, Honolulu, HI 96801-3444. For more info see https://malu-aina.org/?p=10122

 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

May 31, 2024, Hilo Peace Vigil leaflet – week 1183 – Fridays 3:30-5 PM downtown Post Office