Archive for April, 2018
Important Legal victory on Pohakuloa
Sunday, April 8th, 2018Important Legal victory on Pohakuloa
State judge orders State Dept. of Land & Natural Resources (DLNR) to “Malama Aina” (Take care of the Land) regarding leased lands to the military at Pohakuloa.
Ku Ching and Maxine Kahauleleio were plaintiffs initiating the suit against the State of Hawaii for failing to protect lands leased to the military. Layers in the case: Kimo Frankel and Summer Sylva did a great job.
See link to decision below.
Media Coverage:
- BIVN: Pohakuloa Court Ruling: State Breached Trust In Lease To Army
- CB: Judge: Hawaii Failed To Ensure Cleanup On Military Training Range
- HTH: Judge: DLNR didn’t properly ensure Army cleans up munitions at PTA
- SA: Judge orders state to ‘malama’ Army training area
Protect Sacred Mauna Kea
Wednesday, April 4th, 2018
Here is testimony submitted by Jim Albertini.
Maunaa Kea Hearing Thursday, April 5, 2018
Spread the word please.
Spread the word please.
Establishes the Mauna Kea Management Authority and membership of the Authority. Establishes and specifies duties of the Mauna Kea candidate advisory council. Limits the number of telescopes that may be authorized on Mauna Kea. Authorizes the renegotiation of leases, subleases, easements, permits, an…
capitol.hawaii.gov
Our Malu ‘Aina organization is opposed to this cut and replace Mauna Kea Management 91 page Bill. While it certainly is true that the University of Hawaii has mismanaged the mountain, this bill creating a new entity is headed in the same direction, even with a Native Hawaiian majority on the Board. Why?
1. The sacredness of Mauna Kea is not recognized. Sacred is Sacred. No moneychangers in, or on, the Temple.
2. It’s all about making money off of the Sacred Mauna. I attended the Keaukaha presentation of Senator Kahele and listened for an hour and a half. He didn’t mention the Mauna is sacred once in his entire presentation. He did note the illegal overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom, but then he went on talking business as usual under the illegal occupation.
In short, this bill simply puts a new wig on the same old colonial head. Or to put it another way — The focus is clearly to create a new cash cow by exploiting the most sacred site in all of Hawaii and Polynesia, instead of addressing the real justice and economic issues facing Hawaii’s people, especially Native Hawaiians –landless, homeless, imprisoned, poverty, etc. pushed into circumstances created by a racist system.of exploitation.
Needed Action Plan
1. Respect the sacred. Sacred is Sacred. Period.
2. End the illegal U.S. Occupation of the Hawaiian Kingdom and recognize and respect Hawaii’s host people values over money.
3. Hawaii’s economy has been based on exploitation through plantations, militarism and tourism. Such an economy is killing Hawaii and its people and increasing the great divide between the haves and have nots.. A Science plantation on Mauna Kea is another example of exploitation. Put the breaks on tourism and militarism, and a science plantation on Sacred Mauna Kea. Begin to restore a solid base economy by getting people on the land and growing food to feed Hawaii’s people. Currently 90% of the food consumed in Hawaii is imported.
Just putting more Hawaiians on a Board designed in a 91 page bill to exploit the Sacred Mauna is no real solution. It’s similar to the following analogy: the forest was shrinking but the trees kept voting for the axe because its handle was made of wood and they thought it was one of them.
Ku Kia’i Mauna –Guardians of the Mauna
-- Jim Albertini Malu 'Aina Center for Non-violent Education & Action
Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Assassinated 50 Years ago.
Tuesday, April 3rd, 2018Nonviolence or Nonexistence?
Fifty years ago, on April 4, 1968, the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated.
The night before Dr. King died at the age of 39, he gave the last speech of his life at the packed Bishop Charles Mason Temple in Memphis, Tennessee. He was in Memphis to march with sanitation workers on strike. His last speech included these words:
“Men for years now have been talking about war and peace. Now no longer can they just talk about it. It is no longer a choice between violence and non-violence in this world, it is non-violence or non-existence. That is where we are today.”
King spoke about the importance of staying together, being united in the struggle. Don’t let opponents divide us. Keep the issues clear and up front and never give up even when threats are made on our lives. Dr. King concluded his speech with these words: See 3 minutes of his speech here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oehry1JC9Rk
“I’ve Been to the Mountaintop”
“Well, I don’t know what will happen now; we’ve got some difficult days ahead. But it really doesn’t matter with me now, because I’ve been to the mountaintop. And I don’t mind. Like anybody, I would like to live a long life–longevity has its place. But I’m not concerned about that now. I just want to do God’s will. And He’s allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I’ve looked over and I’ve seen the Promised Land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people, will get to the Promised Land. And so I’m happy tonight; I’m not worried about anything; I’m not fearing any man. Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord.”
Dr. King’s life and message was an embrace of nonviolence, what we in Hawaii call Kapu Aloha. King had been inspired by his Christian faith and the Hindu, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a leader of India’s independence from the British empire. Dr. King’s concerns were broad. He said:
“The Triple Evils of poverty, racism and militarism are forms of violence that exist in a vicious cycle. They are interrelated, all-inclusive, and stand as barriers to our living in the Beloved Community. When we work to remedy one evil, we affect all evils.” See ‘The King Philosophy’.
Dr. King committed his life to building “The Beloved Community” and taking down the barriers of evil and changing the system that profits from such barriers. Let us carry on. Make Dr. King’s work our work too!
- 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 peaceful means and work for 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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