Please pass the word on the GMO bill.  You can testify in Hilo and other satellite county offices.

Council Meetings:

Tuesday             Oct 15 at 8:30 am               Committee Meetings – Kona

Wednesday       Oct 16 at 9:00 am               Council Meetings – Kona

Please pass the word on the GMO bill.  You can testify in Hilo and other satellite county offices.

Upcoming Special Council Meeting– Kona   Public Testimony Welcomed

Tuesday            Oct 15 at 4:00 pm          GMO Bill #113, Draft 2

Re: STATUS of GMO Legislation:

Bill 113, Draft 2 (MW Bill) Prohibits Open Air Genetically Engineered Crops and Plants.

So the question is do you want this island  to become one more GMO dominated island with increasing domination by multinational chemical corporations, or do we take advantage of the opportunity to be a model of non-GMO crops and seed production with an emphasis on eco-friendly ag practices and policies? Let us hear from you.

To follow the Council’s GMO discussion on the Government Access TV – Channel 55: please contact the Office of the County Clerk-Council Services at 961-8255.

The Real Agenda Behind

Government

Shut Down & Possible Default:

CUT SOCIAL SECURITY, MEDICARE, CRUSH WAGES, GUT ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS, AND PRIVATIZE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE

See the Wall St. billionaires agenda exposed at PRwatch.org and their long-term funding of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) and its library of bills to privatize the Veterans administration, education, etc. at ALECexposed.org.

For more details on all of the above see the article here:

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/oct-09-2013.htm

Stand Up & Protest!   Solidarity of the 99%

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.
Malu `Aina Center for Non-violent Education & Action P.O. Box 489 Ola’a (Kurtistown), Hawai`i 96760.
Phone(808) 966-7622.  Emailja@malu-aina.org  http://www.malu-aina.org

 Hilo Peace Vigil leaflet (October 11, 2013– 629th week) – Friday 3:30-5PM downtown Post Office

Two events coming up on Sat. Oct. 19th in Hilo

10-11AM  “Walk For Palestine” –Freedom and Equality for Palestine.  Meet at Kalakaua Park across from the downtown Post office.  Sponsored by: Global H.O.P.E., Malu ‘Aina. Jewish Voice for Peace, and Hale Lokahi.  For information: B. Smith 935-0622

Noon -2PM “Protest Against Fracking” on highway in front of Walgreen’s in Hilo.  Please join Occupy Hilo, Paradise Action Women’s Alliance, Puna Pono Alliance, and Malu ‘Aina for a sign waving rally in solidarity with the Global Frackdown 2. This is an aloha filled, peaceful, family friendly event. Bring your own sign or borrow one of ours and take part in a worldwide action to raise awareness about the dangers of fracking. 

Mission Statement: Fracking for oil and gas is inherently unsafe and the harms of this industry cannot be fully mitigated by regulation. We reject the multi-million dollar public relations campaign by big oil and gas companies and urge our local, state, and national officials to reject fracking. We stand united as a global movement in calling on governmental officials at all levels to pursue a renewable energy future and not allow fracking or any of the associated infrastructure in our communities or any communities. We are communities fighting fracking, frac sand mining, pipelines, compressor stations, LNG terminals, exports of natural gas, coal seam gas, coal bed methane and more. Fracking is not part of our vision for a clean energy future and should be banned.

https://www.facebook.com/events/190213177814583/—

 Shut Down Wars

& the Surveillance State, NOT

Food Assistance, Economic Opportunity Programs, Housing, Parks, etc.

“Endless wars:America’s expanding military empire will continue to bleed the country dry at a rate of more than $15 billion a month (or $20 million an hour). The Pentagon spends more on war than all 50 states combined spend on health, education, welfare, and safety. Yet what most Americans fail to recognize is that these ongoing wars have little to do with keeping the country safe and everything to do with enriching the military industrial complex at taxpayer expense.” John Whitehead, attorney, author of Government of Wolves: The Emerging American Police State ,From NSA Spying & VIPR Sweeps to Domestic Drones: A Round-Up of the Police State Programs NOT Affected by Govt Shutdown

 “As the parts of the government affected by the shutdown disproportionately impact economic opportunity programs for the working poor, historically marginalized communities are likely to the feel the effects of a shutdown acutely as time goes on” reports Imara Jones. 

The working class will suffer from this government shutdown, but the drone bombing, Gitmo, various wars, and surveillance will continue– all the things the public would end in a real democracy, if they were given an opportunity to vote on it. 

In short, the shutdown is great theater for the Democrats and Republicans, who beat their breast and cry out that the other is the great Satan, as the government continues, decade after decade, to do less for the American people and more for transnational corporations and transnational investors who don’t pay taxes or give a damn about the American people.

[libertyunderground] Today’s LUV News: 2 October, 2013. http://luvnews.info/Join.htm

No Pay for Congress During

the Shutdown!

 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.
Malu `Aina Center for Non-violent Education & Action P.O. Box AB Kurtistown, Hawai`i 96760.
Phone(808) 966-7622.  Emailja@malu-aina.org  http://www.malu-aina.org

Hilo Peace Vigil leaflet (October 4, 2013– 628th week) – Friday 3:30-5PM downtown Post Office