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Sat. Sept. 21^st 10:30- Noon

Sept. 21 is International Peace Day established by the UN in 1981

Mayoral Candidates – Mitch Roth & Kimo Alameda

Where Do YOU Stand?

What are you doing to prevent Pohakuloa from becoming our Big Island “Red Hill” toxic water disaster, our Lahaina firestorm from bombing and shelling in the dry windy Saddle Area, and all of us on Hawaii Island from becoming nuclear (and other airborne toxic) down winders?

Many Hawaii elected officials are ignorant about what’s happening at Pohakuloa. It’s an indictment of their responsibility, of our local news media, and military secrecy about what’s taking place in the center of our island.

Photo: $250,000 Javelin anti-tank missile fired at Pohakuloa while 40% of families on Hawaii Island (33% statewide) are food insecure. Millions of live rounds from a wide variety of weapon systems are fired annually at Pohakuloa.

“Pohakuloa – A Land Besieged!”

Please read the excellent OHA Sept. 2024 Issue of Ka Wai Ola articles on Pohakuloa. Pages 14-17 at the links:

https://kawaiola.news/cover/pohakuloa-a-land-besieged/

https://kawaiola.news/aina/the-army-and-pohakuloa/

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

Submit a question for Hawaii County Mayoral candidates

Bob Duerr of the Big Island Press Club  said non $45 lunch goers at the Sept. 21 Yacht club Mayoral forum can submit a question for the Mayoral candidates.  Send your question now. No later than Thursday Sept 5th.  Send to Nancy at nclauer@gmail.com.  In 50 words or less “Write Your Question Directed to Both Hawaii Island Mayor Candidates.”

Here’s my question for Mitch Roth and KImo Alameda:

What are you going to do to prevent Pohakuloa from becoming our Big Island “Red Hill” toxic water disaster, our Lahaina firestorm from bombing and shelling in the dry windy Saddle Area, and all of us on Hawaii Island from becoming nuclear (and other airborne toxic) down winders?

Jim Albertini

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Food NOT Bombs!

Photo: $250,000 Javelin anti-tank missile fired at Pohakuloa while 40% of families on Hawaii Island (33% statewide) are food insecure.

      It’s election season and few candidates are talking about the Elephant in the center of Hawaii Island – the Pohakuloa Toxic Area (PTA). Pohakuloa has been bombed and shelled for more than 80 years, Millions of live rounds, from a wide variety of weapon systems, are fired annually at PTA. The US Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, and foreign countries, bomb and shell Pohakuloa. Many of the weapons fired at PTA contain toxins such as lead, Depleted Uranium (DU) radiation, perchlorate, etc. With continued bombing and shelling in the dry, high-wind Saddle Area, these toxins can be resuspended and blow long distances in the wind.

      Since 1975, the US military has admitted to starting 892 wildfires at Pohakuloa from military activities. One fire started in August 2022 (1 year before the Lahaina fire) and burned more than 17,000 acres, including more than 12,000 acres off base in an endangered species habitat. What toxins blow in the dust and smoke coming off PTA?

      All Hawaii residents have recently become aware of Navy jet fuel leaks from Red Hill storage tanks contaminating Oahu’s water wells. Thousands have been sickened by fuel in their water. Are military toxins at PTA, located at 6500 feet in the center of our island getting into our water? Pohakuloa spends over a million dollars a year hauling water to the base. More than 10 years ago PTA drilled 2 water wells on the base and hit water at shallow depths – 750 and 1200 feet below the surface. But they are still not using water from those wells? Why? Are military toxins in those PTA water wells? We all know that whatever you do mauka, eventually comes makai. We are all downhill and downwind from PTA. It’s time we demand candidates and elected officials speak out — Stop Bombing and Shut Down Pohakuloa, Cancel, don’t renew, the state military land lease at PTA, Make the military clean up its toxic mess, and return the land to the Hawaiian people. Shift the Trillion dollar US military budget to meet human needs – food, housing, education, healthcare, child & elder care, and addressing the global climate crisis. The US military is the largest consumer of oil and emitter of CO2. No More Wars! In Gaza, in the wider Middle East, with Iran, with Russia, with China. Make the US Empire heel to a new multipolar world of civilized nations! There will be no winners in a nuclear war! Peace is a Victory for All.

Election Candidates: Where Do You Stand?

 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. 2 on the planet.

For more information see https://www.malu-aina.org

Aug. 30, 2024, Hilo Peace Vigil leaflet – week 1196– Fridays 3:30-5 PM downtown Post Office

— 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

Please read the Excellent OHA Sept. 2024 articles on Pohakuloa

pages 14-17 at the links below

https://kawaiola.news/cover/pohakuloa-a-land-besieged/

https://kawaiola.news/aina/the-army-and-pohakuloa/

I’m amazed at how ignorant many Hawaii elected officials are about what’s happening at Pohakuloa. 

It’s an indictment of our officials, local news media, and military secrecy about what’s happening in our island’s center.  We need fundamental change.  Please speak out. 

— 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

Food NOT Bombs!

Photo: $250,000 Javelin anti-tank missile being fired at Pohakuloa while 40% of families on Hawaii Island (1 in 3 families statewide) are food insecure.

     It’s election season and few politicians are talking about the Elephant in the center of Hawaii Island – the massive 133,000 acre Pohakuloa Toxic Area (PTA). Pohakuloa has been bombed and shelled for more than 80 years, Millions of live rounds, from a wide variety of weapon systems, are fired annually at PTA. The US Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, and foreign countries, bomb and shell Pohakuloa. Many of the weapons fired at PTA contain toxins such as lead, Depleted Uranium (DU) radiation, perchlorate, etc. With continued bombing and shelling in the dry, high-wind Saddle Area, these toxins can be resuspended and blow long distances in the wind.

     Since 1975, the US military has admitted to starting 892 wildfires at Pohakuloa from military activities. One fire started in August 2022 (1 year before the Lahaina fire) and burned more than 17,000 acres, including more than 12,000 acres off base in an endangered species habitat. What toxins blow in the dust and smoke coming off PTA?

     All Hawaii residents have recently become aware of Navy jet fuel leaks from Red Hill storage tanks contaminating Oahu’s water wells. Thousands have been sickened by fuel in their water. Are military toxins at PTA, at 6500 feet in the center of our island getting into our water? Pohakuloa spends over a million dollars a year hauling water to the base. More than 10 years ago PTA drilled 2 water wells on the base and hit water at shallow depths – 750 and 1200 feet below the surface. But they are still not using water from those wells? Why? Are military toxins in those water wells? We all know that whatever you do mauka, eventually comes makai. We are all downhill and downwind from Pohakuloa. It’s time we demand candidates and elected officials speak out — Stop Bombing and Shut Down Pohakuloa, Cancel, don’t renew, the state military land lease at PTA, Make the military clean up its toxic mess, and return the land to the Hawaiian people. Shift the Trillion dollar US military budget to meet human needs – food, housing, education, healthcare, child care, elder care, and addressing the global climate crisis.  The US military is the largest consumer of oil and emitter of CO2  on the planet.  No More Wars — in Gaza, the wider Middle East, with Iran, with Russia, with China. Make the US Empire heel to a new multipolar world of civilized nations! There will be no winners in a nuclear war! Peace is a Victory for All.

Election Candidates:

Where Do You Stand?

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. 2 on the planet.

For more information see https://www.malu-aina.org

Aug. 30, 2024, Hilo Peace Vigil leaflet – week 1196– Fridays 3:30-5 PM downtown Post Office

Is Nuclear War on the Horizon?

The world is growing increasingly tense on several fronts where by accident or design a wider war could escalate very quickly to an all-out global nuclear holocaust. The Middle East, Ukraine/NATO Russia, the US and China are all possible escalating flash points. To understand what a nuclear war could mean for the planet and human civilization, view the 20-minute video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9BoeyKjZBw We all need to understand the devastating consequences of a nuclear war so we can work towards a world free of nuclear weapons.

Beware of “The Samson Option” – Israel’s Plan to Nuke Its Opponents

https://progressive.org/latest/the-samson-option-israels-plan-to-nuke-its-opponents-dilawar-20240624/

      Here are some resources for further information: • The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interna… • The United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA): https://disarmament.unoda.org/ • The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists: https://thebulletin.org/ Together, we can prevent the unthinkable from becoming reality. Share this video notes above and raise awareness about the dangers of nuclear war.

     Hawaii is one of the most militarized places on the planet with over 100 US military installations. Oahu is the Headquarters for the US Indo-Pacific Military Command that covers more than half the earth, Oahu includes major US military Force bases, such as the Naval base at Pearl Harbor, Army Garrison at Schofield Barracks, and the Kaneohe Marine Corps Base. Major military weapons are stored at West Loch of Pearl Harbor.

     The 133,000-acre Pohakuloa Training Area (PTA) in the center of Hawaii Island is a training ground for war, including nuclear war, by all branches of the US military. The base has been contaminated with radiation from uranium spotting rounds for nuclear weapon systems fired there. B-52 and B-2 strategic nuclear bombers from Louisiana, Missouri, and Guam fly non-stop training missions to practice bombing at PTA. Join the movement to De-Militarize Hawaii and the world.

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

Aug. 16, 2024, Hilo Peace Vigil leaflet – week 1194– Fridays 3:30-5 PM downtown Post Office

Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024

Alisson Shiozaki and others are having a Remember Hiroshima Day on Monday Aug. 5th (Aug. 6th in Japan) from 12:30-1:30 PM at Liliuokalani Park in Hilo.  Please join if possible and pass the word

I am sorry I won’t be able to make it.  My nephew and family will be visiting this week.  Below is this Friday, Aug. 9th (Nagasaki Day) Hilo Peace Vigil leaflet.  Please try and join the Hilo Peace Vigil too.  I will be there. We will have our 45-year-old banner there too “In Memory of Hiroshima & Nagasaki.”  Peace leaflet below. And mark your calendar: Peace organizing meeting will be held on Monday, Aug. 12, 2024 from 6-8 PM at the Keaau Community Center.  Meetings are regularly held on the 2nd and 4th Mondays of the month.  Please pass the word.  Meetings are usually available on Zoom from 6:30-7:15 PM. Zoom Meeting https://us04web.zoom.us/j/9876901944… Meeting ID: 987 690 1944 Passcode: peace now

Jim Albertini for Malu ‘Aina

In Memory of Hiroshima &

Nagasaki!

       On August 6, 1945, the US dropped a uranium fission nuclear bomb on the city of Hiroshima, Japan. Three days later, on Aug. 9, the US dropped a plutonium-fission nuclear bomb on the city of Nagasaki. In two blinding flashes of light, heat, and radiation, these cities were destroyed. Hundreds of thousands of people were killed and injured. Many died days, weeks, and months later from radiation poisoning. Army General and future President, Dwight Eisenhower, and other military leaders said, the dropping of the bomb was completely unnecessary. Japan was already defeated.

      Today, Hawaii is a military command center and staging ground for nuclear war. Pohakuloa (PTA) is a training site for nuclear weapon systems. Weapons training at PTA has contaminated our island with radiation and a wide range of military toxins.

      As of January 22, 2021, Nuclear Weapons are illegal. The treaty on the prohibition of nuclear weapons bans the development, testing, production, manufacture, acquisition, possession or stockpiling, transfer, control or receipt, use or threat to use, stationing or development of nuclear weapons. But there are 9 nuclear rogue outlaw states still making, and possessing nuclear weapons: the US, Russia, China, Great Britain, France, North Korea, India, Pakistan, and Israel.

      The danger of global nuclear war, and the destruction of human civilization, has never been greater. Along with growing climate disasters, there is the growing risk of a widening war in the Middle East with Iran, etc. a US/NATO nuclear war with Russia over Ukraine, and between the US and China. The US wants to remain on top in a Unipolar, not a multipolar, world. The issues of preventing global nuclear destruction and climate catastrophe are directly linked. The US military is the largest consumer of oil and emitter of CO2 on the planet. Join the movement to de-militarize Hawaii & the world.

Stop the Profiteers of Armageddon!

Abolish All Nuclear Weapons Now!

No More War!

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. 2 on the planet.

For more information see https://www.malu-aina.org

Aug. 9, 2024, Hilo Peace Vigil leaflet – week 1193– 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