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Jim Albertini
For Public release April 2 , 2020
Hawaii public elected officials: please speak out to Cancel RIMPAC 2020
further contact : 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
Cancel RIMPAC 2020! Stop Bombing Hawaii!
From late June until early Aug, every two years since the early 1970s other countries have come to Hawaii to join the U.S. military in conducting war games — bombing air, land and sea. In 2018 more than 2 dozen countries — including some 47 surface ships, five submarines, 18 national land forces, and more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel participated in RIMPAC. The war games include the bombing and shelling of the 133,000-acre military Pohakuloa Training Area (PTA), located in the center of Hawaii island. We say — Enough already! We say No to RIMPAC 2020. We say Stop the Bombing of Pohakuloa and conducting war games in the air, on land, and the sea around Hawaii. This is not Aloha and Malama Honua (taking care of the earth). Wage Peace Not War! End the illegal U.S. military occupation of Hawaii that has been ongoing since 1893 when the U.S. Military assisted foreign business interests in the illegal overthrow of the lawful government of the independent nation of Hawaii. Given the Covid 19 virus, military personnel arriving in Hawaii for RIMPAC 2020 will endanger residents of Hawaii — on some of the most isolated islands in the world.
Signers: Ku Kahakalau, Ph.D., Nālei Kahakalau, Samson Poomaihealani, Kaleihau Kamauu, Ronald Fujiyoshi, Danny H.C. Li, Malie Sellers, Steven Krown, Donna Grabow, Wally Inglis, Luigi Cocoquio, Shannon Rudolph, Mele Stokesberry, Maui Peace Action, Carol J. Murry DrPH, Jon Olsen, Jim Albertini, Lindafaye Kroll RN, Mike Ruggles, (list still in formation)
Statement will be emailed to Hawaii Federal, State and County elected officials and the Embassies of RIMPAC participating countries
Hawaii Legislators email addresses:senbaker@capitol.hawaii.gov, senchang@capitol.hawaii.gov, sendelacruz@capitol.hawaii.gov, senenglish@capitol.hawaii.gov, senfevella@capitol.hawaii.gov, sengabbard@capitol.hawaii.gov, senharimoto@capitol.hawaii.gov, senihara@capitol.hawaii.gov, seninouye@capitol.hawaii.gov, senkkahele@capitol.hawaii.gov, senkanuha@capitol.hawaii.gov, senkeithagaran@capitol.hawaii.gov, senkeohokalole@capitol.hawaii.gov, senkidani@capitol.hawaii.gov, senkim@capitol.hawaii.gov, senkouchi@capitol.hawaii.gov, senmoriwaki@capitol.hawaii.gov, sennishihara@capitol.hawaii.gov, senrhoads@capitol.hawaii.gov, senriviere@capitol.hawaii.gov, senruderman@capitol.hawaii.gov, senshimabukuro@capitol.hawaii.gov, sentaniguchi@capitol.hawaii.gov, senthielen@capitol.hawaii.gov, senwakai@capitol.hawaii.gov,
repaquino@Capitol.hawaii.gov, repbelatti@Capitol.hawaii.gov, repbrower@Capitol.hawaii.gov, repcabanilla@capitol.hawaii.gov, repcachola@Capitol.hawaii.gov, repcreagan@Capitol.hawaii.gov, repcullen@Capitol.hawaii.gov, repdecoite@Capitol.hawaii.gov, repeli@capitol.hawaii.gov, repgates@Capitol.hawaii.gov, rephar@Capitol.hawaii.gov, rephashem@Capitol.hawaii.gov, rephashimoto@Capitol.hawaii.gov, repholt@Capitol.hawaii.gov, repichiyama@Capitol.hawaii.gov, repjohanson@Capitol.hawaii.gov, repkitagawa@Capitol.hawaii.gov, repdkobayashi@Capitol.hawaii.gov, repkobayashi@Capitol.hawaii.gov, repkong@Capitol.hawaii.gov, replee@Capitol.hawaii.gov, replowen@Capitol.hawaii.gov, repluke@Capitol.hawaii.gov, repmatsumoto@Capitol.hawaii.gov,
repmcdermott@Capitol.hawaii.gov, repmatayoshi@Capitol.hawaii.gov, repmatsumoto@Capitol.hawaii.gov, repmckelvey@Capitol.hawaii.gov, repmizuno@Capitol.hawaii.gov, repmorikawa@Capitol.hawaii.gov, repnakamura@Capitol.hawaii.gov, repnakashima@Capitol.hawaii.gov, repnishimoto@Capitol.hawaii.gov, repohno@Capitol.hawaii.gov, repokimoto@Capitol.hawaii.gov, reponishi@Capitol.hawaii.gov, repperruso@Capitol.hawaii.gov, repquinlan@Capitol.hawaii.gov, repsaiki@Capitol.hawaii.gov, repsanbuenaventura@Capitol.hawaii.gov, repsay@Capitol.hawaii.gov, reptakayama@Capitol.hawaii.gov, reptakumi@Capitol.hawaii.gov, reptarnas@Capitol.hawaii.gov, repthielen@Capitol.hawaii.gov, reptodd@Capitol.hawaii.gov, reptokioka@Capitol.hawaii.gov, repward@Capitol.hawaii.gov, repwildberger@Capitol.hawaii.gov, repwoodson@Capitol.hawaii.gov, repyamane@Capitol.hawaii.gov, repyamashita@Capitol.hawaii.gov
Here are the email addresses of RIMPAC 2018 participating Country Embassies if you want to send any or all of them a message:
letter in Honolulu Star Advertiser April 1, 2020
With 14-day quarantine, RIMPAC should cancel
I am still waiting to hear from our nation’s military about a long-overdue cancellation of the 27th Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) war exercises planned from late June to early August in Hawaii and waters surrounding our islands. As of now, the world’s largest international military exercise promises to bring dozens of ships, hundreds of planes and thousands of troops from more than 20 nations.
Given the current COVID-19 crisis, with Hawaii’s mandated 14-day quarantine on travelers, I join with individuals and organizations locally and globally who are calling on military leaders to do the right thing and cancel RIMPAC 2020.
Locking down the populace while cranking up the war machine is inappropriate. If the international community can agree on putting a hold on the Olympic Games, so should the world’s military establishment cancel the war games. Let’s all work together for a healthier and more peaceful world.
Wally Inglis
Palolo Valley
Aloha elected officials at County, State and the Federal level,
Please speak out to cancel RIMPAC 2020. There is an article in The Honolulu Advertiser today, April 1, 2020) that RIMPAC 2020 is still going forward. Below is a statement our organization has issued calling for a stop to RIMPAC 2020. Add your voice. Mahalo.
Jim Albertini of Malu Aina
The Statement below will be sent to all nations participating in RIMPAC (Rim of the Pacific military exercises) 2020
Stop RIMPAC 2020 Bombing of Hawaii!
From late June until early Aug, every two years since the early 1970s other countries have come to Hawaii to join the U.S. military in conducting war games — bombing air, land and sea. In 2018 more than 2 dozen countries — including some 47 surface ships, five submarines, 18 national land forces, and more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel participated in RIMPAC. The war games include the bombing and shelling of the 133,000-acre military Pohakuloa Training Area (PTA), located in the center of Hawaii island. We say — Enough already! We say No to RIMPAC 2020. We say Stop the Bombing of Pohakuloa and conducting war games in the air, on land, and the sea around Hawaii. This is not Aloha and Malama Honua (taking care of the earth). Wage Peace Not War! End the illegal U.S. military occupation of Hawaii that has been ongoing since 1893 when the U.S. Military assisted foreign business interests in the illegal overthrow of the lawful government of the independent nation of Hawaii. Given the Covid 19 virus, military personnel arriving in Hawaii for RIMPAC 2020 will endanger residents of Hawaii — on some of the most isolated islands in the world.
