Letter to the editor:

"Monsantoman" Clifton Tsuji does it again!

Shame on State Rep. Clift Tsuji. chair of the House Agricultural 
committee.   For the 2nd year in a row he killed a bill (HB 2564) that 
would have created buffer zones around schools to protect against 
pesticide drift.  What kind of a person won't protect kids from 
pesticide poisoning.  As a former banker, and "biotech legislator of the 
year," he appears more concerned about chemical company profits than 
protecting the common good, including children's health and safety.  
Tsuji brings shame on the entire Hilo district that he claims to 
represent.  Come on Hilo --stand up for the kids.  Send Tsuji packing.  
Let him go back to work for the bank instead of being a tax paid mascot 
for Monsanto and other special corporate interests. According to the 
Hawaii Campaign spending commission for the current election period 
2014-2016, Monsanto was Clifton Tsuji's largest campaign donor by twice 
the amount of his 2nd place donor, and not one donation came from the 
Hilo district that he supposedly represents as far as I could see on the 
list of donors.  Most came from Bishop street and Manoa Valley in 
Honolulu.  How come?

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 www.malu-aina.org

Aloha ‘Aina!

Justice

&

Peace

Demilitarize

Hawaii &

The Pacific

Saturday, January 30, 2016

10 AM Pule at Ahu on Saddle Rd and

Mauna Kea Access Rd.

11 AM – Noon sign/banner holding at

Pohakuloa Main gate

      January 2016 marks 40 years since the historic action of 9 people who went to the Island of Kaho’olawe to stop the bombing there. It sparked a movement. Many people followed in the months and years after. Some went to jail. Two — George Helm and Kimo Mitchell, lost their lives, but the bombing of Kaho’olawe was eventually stopped. Kaho’olawe is 28,000 acres. Pohakuloa, located in the center of Hawaii Island, is 133,000 acres, nearly 5 times the size of Kaho’olawe. Millions of rounds are fired on Pohakuloa annually. It has been going on more than 50 years. It is time to Malama ‘Aina everywhere. It is time stop the bombing and desecration of Pohakuloa.

  We in Hawaii are part of a larger “Moana Nui” movement to demilitarize the entire Pacific. Pacific Island and Pacific Rim communities are currently actively mobilizing thousands of citizens–in Okinawa, Korea, Guam etc–against U.S. military bases.

Please come in a spirit of Kapu Aloha for the ‘aina and all people we encounter, including those who may disagree with us. Mahalo.

Protect Pohakuloa!  Stop

the Bombing!

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. 22, 2016 – 748^th week) – Friday 3:30-5PM downtown Post Office

Annual Christmas Appeal

December 2015  

Dear Friends,                                                                      

Once again, I write to ask for your help to sustain the work of Malu ‘Aina.   As an all volunteer organization, Malu ‘Aina has been planting seeds, sharing food with people in need, and standing for justice, peace, and Aloha ‘Aina (Love for the Land)  and a living planet for the past 35 years.  We know we can’t do it alone.  It takes money, people power and commitment to carry on.  You have been an important part of this effort in one way or another, and we thank you for your solidarity in the journey.

Like farm work, the work for justice, peace, and protecting the environment is never ending.   We do our best, but  we can always use more help. We need your financial support and we need the next generation to carry the torch of nonviolence and the spirit of aloha in the work of Malu ‘Aina.  I am happy to report that we are currently in the process of transitioning leadership to the next generation of organic planters and activists.  It is my hope that a new generation of leadership will draw from the history and core principles of Malu ‘Aina but forge its own vision and action plan to solve problems now facing Hawaii and the world.

The times are indeed perilous: the very real threat of catastrophic climate/species disaster; the corporate domination of nearly every aspect of life for short term profit; the widening gap between rich and poor, a growing number of hungry and homeless; escalating violence in our streets and endless wars, regime changes, ongoing illegal occupations (Palestine and Hawai’i included), and chaos abroad resulting in a rising tide of refugees, hate and fear nearly everywhere. To say that our broken world that benefits the few at the expense of the many is in need of deep healing is an understatement. It seems to be a very hard lesson to learn: we cannot bomb, kill, and exploit our way to peace.

Your support and solidarity helps to keep us from being discouraged by setbacks along the way and to never, NEVER, give up in the struggle for justice, peace, and preserving the sacred earth we share. As philosophers through the ages have said: “No lie can live forever.” Blessings of this holy season to you and your loved ones.

With gratitude and aloha,
Jim Albertini

PS. Donations are tax deductible if checks are made to Center for Non-violent Education & Action P.O. Box 489 ‘Ola’a (Kurtistown), Hawai`i 96760. A Pay Pal account (Donate button) has also been setup on our webpage www.malu-aina.org as another convenient way to make donations. Please click “Subscribe” to receive the Malu ‘Aina weekly peace vigil leaflet (now in its 742nd week) and other posts for peace, justice and the environment. Other contact information: Phone (808) 966-7622. Email: ja@malu-aina.org  Mahalo.