Ret. Col. Ann Wright  is talking to all of us about stopping impending US war on Iran

“We just have to keep giving people hope, not stay at home and watch the stupid TV. But to get up, do some stuff and be with like-minded people. If you leave them in their homes, everybody just gets dejected and immobilized. That’s why I think having weekly, or at least twice a month, events talking about social issues is really important. It’s important for organizations to step up to the plate now and help people understand that they do have a role. How effective we will be, who knows? But we know how effective it is if we don’t do anything…

But we aren’t willing to stand up against the Trump administration — to go out there and block roads and have thousands of people thrown in jail, and get beaten up by the cops. So why in the hell should we expect that of folks who know that they are going to get killed if they do that? We are very concerned about what goes on in their country, but we ought to be damned concerned about what’s going on in our own and work to stop it.” (Full interview with Ann Wright below)

How to avert the impending war on Iran (read full article here)

https://wagingnonviolence.org/2019/06/how-avert-war-iran/?fbclid=IwAR2e7HIH_4oaxfgJh11HyXZ7W1evJOv8Y6QgmYaIAigmXnUWQzt_5b4Hk84

There will be a Stop Bombing Pohakuloa/ Stop War strategy meeting Monday, June 24th 6-8PM Kea’au Community Center

Please mark your calendars —Strategy meetings on Stop Bombing Pohakuloa are held on the 2nd and 4th Mondays of the month 6-8PM at the Kea’au Com Ctr.  Please pass the word to others and let’s join together for peace, justice and saving the planet.  Mahalo.

Jim Albertini

New ʻAhu Placed On Mauna Kea After Previous ʻAhu Removed

Letter to the editor: State destruction of Mauna Kea Protector structures

I watched the press conference on June 20, 2019 of Governor David Ige, AG Clare Conners, DLNR head Suzanne Case, and UH President David Lassner on Mauna Kea TMT.

I felt it was very offensive for the state to destroy Hawaiian structures on the Mauna, especially without first having any dialogue with the people involved who built the structures.  All of the government officials in the press conference talked about continuing the conversation, but their actions spoke much louder than their words. There is no conversation.  Not once did any official mention the word SACRED in conjunction with Mauna Kea. The government officials’ body language and facial expressions spoke volumes of their complicity in wrongs being committed against Native Hawaiians.  And frankly I think the state official actions and the press conference did a disservice to what they are trying to accomplish. In short. they poured fuel on the fire of injustice to the Hawaiian people and they have helped build the movement saying RESPECT THE SACRED.  I ask all the government officials involved to please reconsider the course ahead. And I ask others, especially people of different  faiths, to stand in solidarity with Hawaii’s host people to protect and respect Hawaii’s most  Sacred temple. NO TMT.

Jim Albertini

How to avert the impending war on Iran

https://wagingnonviolence.org/2019/06/how-avert-war-iran/?fbclid=IwAR03f0KBGiwjRSFN4l4FXc5DsgwopTbuvggWFXsQrvBA8sPDkJPW4JQJOA0

“I think the best that we can do to create space for resolution of all of these issues is to speak out against sanctions and to get the United States to stop its pronouncements of regime change and military options. The feedback you get from Iranians is that the sanctions have made life much more difficult, and that they’re not willing to stand up.

But we aren’t willing to stand up against the Trump administration — to go out there and block roads and have thousands of people thrown in jail, and get beaten up by the cops. So why in the hell should we expect that of folks who know that they are going to get killed if they do that? We are very concerned about what goes on in their country, but we ought to be damned concerned about what’s going on in our own and work to stop it.”