Excellent article by Hawaii Retired Army Colonel Ann Wrigh opposing RIMPAC 2024 Military War exercise in and around Hawaii .
https://covertactionmagazine.com/2024/06/27/is-nato-taking-over-the-pacific/
Dangerous Times!
The Israel/US war in Gaza appears to be expanding north to Lebanon and perhaps beyond.
The US proxy war in Ukraine against Russia appears to be expanding to more direct NATO involvement and the possible use of nuclear weapons –WWIII, and the end of civilization as we know it.
The US keeps poking China in the South China Sea, risking a major war by accident or design.
The bottom line is that the US wants to remain the sole unchallenged Global Empire, and like all empires, overextend, and collapse.
https://popularresistance.org/its-the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it/
Non-violent activism is urgently needed NOW for Peace and a Livable Planet!
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RIMPAC 2024
RIMPAC (Rim of the Pacific) are war games held every 2 years (June 26 to Aug. 2) that have expanded to include 29 nations, including NATO countries and Israel. These so-called “Games” sink ships, harm marine life, involve beach assault landings, and bombing and shelling at Pohakuloa in the center of Hawaii Island. RIMPAC involves human trafficking with 25,000 troops entering tourist areas.
Big Island RIMPAC Protests are planned for Saturday, July 6 from 10 AM till Noon at the Pohakuloa Main Gate. (Car pools leave Hilo from Komohana and Saddle Rd at 9 AM). A Hilo RIMPAC protest is planned for Saturday, July 20 from 10 AM till Noon fronting the Kamehameha Statue on Hilo Bayfront. Please pass the word! Mahalo. Canceling RIMPAC will be a peace victory for all!
See the 1 minute RIMPAC 2024 Official Trailor video https://www.cpf.navy.mil/rimpac/
Pacific Organizations Calling For End To RIMPAC https://www.bigislandvideonews.com/2024/06/24/pacific- organizations-calling-for-end-torimpac/
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Julian Assange, Wikileaks Founder, is Finally Free!
Julian Assange, Wikileaks founder, and Australian citizen is finally free after more than 14 years of restrictions and imprisonment for exposing US & British war crimes in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. The late US whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg, who released “The Pentagon Papers” on the hidden history of the US war in Vietnam said that the U.S. effort to prosecute Julian Assange under the Espionage Act was a threat to journalism everywhere. Press freedom, journalistic integrity, and whistleblower protections are central to First Amendment Free Speech rights. Exposing US war crimes should not be a crime. Mahalo Julian and all those who stood up for him!
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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June 28, 2024, Hilo Peace Vigil leaflet – week 1187 – Fridays 3:30-5 PM downtown Post Office
REMINDER!
Cancel RIMPAC Now & Forever! End the Genocide in Gaza!
Hilo Protest Sat. June 22nd from 10 AM till Noon on Kamehameha Ave. near the Hilo Farmers Market to Cancel RIMPAC and Stop the Genocide in Gaza!
Please come and pass the word. Two additional RIMPAC protests are planned. 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.
There will be a Peace Organizing Meeting: Monday, June 24th from 6-8PM at the Kea’au Community Center, located behind the Kea’au Police Station and Health Clinic. Topics for discussion include upcoming RIMPAC protests, and stop the US/Israel Genocide in Gaza, monitoring for Depleted Uranium Radiation, lead, etc. coming off Pohakuloa, etc. Please pass the word and bring concerns for discussion. Meetings are held on the 2nd and 4th Mondays of the month. Mahalo. For more info see 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 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, but RIMPAC usually involves 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
-- 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
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
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 21, 2024, Hilo Peace Vigil leaflet – week 1186 – Fridays 3:30-5 PM downtown Post Office
