Archive for March, 2021

Always be “Coffin Ready” April 2, 2021 Hilo Peace Vigil leaflet

Monday, March 29th, 2021

GOOD FRIDAY — “CRUCIFY HIM!”

“Blessed are the Poor” “Blessed are the Peacemakers”

“Blessed are the Persecuted” “Love Your Enemies”

  “Thou Shall Not Kill” 

       

            Jesus             

 

Holy Week is Every Week!

 

As the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. the great Civil Rights leader and Peacemaker said:

       in the movement for justice, peace, and protecting the earth we always need to be —                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

Coffin Ready!”

This year, Easter Sunday, April 4th marks the 53rd anniversary of Dr. King’s assassination in 1968. 

  Listen to Dr. King’s famous Riverside church speech given one year to the day before his death.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGHVHfwDxrs

Rise, Rise, Rise! Stand up! Speak Up! And Never Give Up!

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-Asian, anti-Hawaiian, 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), Hawaii 96760

Phone (808) 966-7622 Email ja@malu-aina.org to receive our posts. For more information www.malu-aina.org

April 2, 2021 Hilo Peace Vigil leaflet – week 1018 – Fridays 3:30-5PM downtown Post Office

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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

Reaper Killer drones to be based on Oahu at Kaneohe Marine Corps base

Saturday, March 27th, 2021

6 Reaper drones will be based on Oahu

  • U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTO BY SENIOR AIRMAN DAMON KASBERG
                                Maintainers in 2017 performed final preflight procedures prior to a MQ-9 Reaper, Block 5 variant, taking off in Southwest Asia.

    U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTO BY SENIOR AIRMAN DAMON KASBERG

    The Marine Corps in Hawaii will be getting six big MQ-9A Reaper drones that can be armed with missiles as the Corps as a whole pursues “a deliberate but aggressive” path toward unmanned systems to gain advantage over China.

    “Today’s global security environment has seen a return to great power competition,” the Navy and Marine Corps said in a new “Unmanned Campaign Framework.” “This shift has placed the Department of the Navy at an inflection point where a traditional force structure will not be enough in the face of new warfighting demands.”

    Maj. Joshua Benson, a Marine Corps spokesman, said the six Reapers will arrive in Hawaii beginning in fiscal 2023 and fall under the already existing Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 3, or VMU-3, which operates much smaller RQ-21A Blackjack drones.

    The addition of Reapers is just one of several big changes coming to Marine Corps Base Hawaii as the entire Corps undergoes a radical reorganization designed in large part to counter China in the Western Pacific with fast-moving and distributed missile forces aided by unmanned ships, vehicles and aircraft.

    Officials recently announced that three dozen or more helicopters — the entire Marine Corps fleet — will be departing Kaneohe Bay and a squadron of KC-130 cargo and refueling aircraft will be based in Hawaii in coming years.

     

    The turboprop-powered Reaper, with a wingspan of 66 feet, a maximum takeoff weight of 10,500 pounds and a flight endurance of 34 hours for the “extended range” version, was first flown in 2001 and has been used by the Air Force in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria and other locations worldwide.

    The hunter-killer drone was designated “Reaper” by the U.S. and Royal Air Force, which has become the widely used name for any “Predator B” model equipped with weapons, according to maker General Atomics. The Reaper is bigger and heavier than the Predator.

    Marine Corps MQ-9As would be the biggest military drones in Hawaii. By comparison, Army RQ-7B Shadows that have operated out of Wheeler Army Airfield have a 20-foot wingspan and 460-pound gross takeoff weight.

    Unarmed Wheeler Shadows pair with AH-64 Apache helicopters as one example of Army force multiplication using an unmanned system.

    The Hawaii-based Reapers, which will be operated by hundreds of Marine Corps personnel performing a range of jobs, could be armed with AGM-114 Hellfire missiles, officials said. The Air Force has used laser-­guided bombs.

    On March 16 the Navy and Marines released the “Unmanned Campaign Framework” in which acting Navy Secretary Thomas Harker said, “To compete and win in an era of great power competition, the (Navy) department is committed to investing in advanced autonomy, robust networks and unmanned systems” that will yield new capabilities extending “well beyond” human systems.

    In the report, Marine Corps Commandant Gen. David Berger said he is committed to a “deliberate but aggressive” pathway toward unmanned systems.

    “The campaign plan serves as a starting point for the Marine Corps to understand that unmanned systems must and will take on greater importance in our near future,” Berger said. “Concepts such as half of our aviation fleet being unmanned in the near- to mid-term, or most of our expeditionary logistics being unmanned in the near- to mid-term, should not frighten anyone.”

    When operating forward in small groups under austere conditions, “the ability to maximize unmanned systems to create outsized effects for our allies and against our adversaries is a key element of our future success,” Berger wrote.

    Unmanned systems are becoming so important that the U.S. Pacific fleet in April will conduct an “integrated fleet battle problem” that will incorporate unmanned systems operating in the air, on the surface and subsurface, according to the new report.

    At a congressional hearing Thursday on unmanned Navy Department systems, Lt. Gen. Eric Smith, commander of Marine Corps Combat Development Command, said the Corps already operates two of the extended-range Reapers in the Middle East and will procure 16 more, for a total of 18.

    The unmanned aircraft will be distributed into three squadrons of six, he said.

    “The way that system operates is from a friendly base,” he said. “That could be the continental United States; it could be Guam; it could be Hawaii or a particular nation.”

    In early 2020 the Navy deployed to Guam two turbofan-powered MQ-4C Tritons, unmanned aircraft with a 130-foot wingspan, to expand the reach of its maritime patrol and reconnaissance forces.

    Smith also talked about the ROGUE (Remotely Operated Ground Unit Expeditionary) fires vehicle, which is a joint light tactical vehicle stripped of its crew cab and turned into a robotic vehicle.

    “So it’s paired as a manned-unmanned teaming system,” he said. Some vehicles would be outfitted to fire Naval Strike Missiles and could autonomously follow a command vehicle. A ROGUE system successfully fired a missile in November, Smith said.

    Louisiana-based shipbuilder Metal Shark was selected to develop a 45-foot “long range unmanned surface vessel” for the Corps, meanwhile.

    “We did some testing at a classified level that explained how that, combined with the Naval Strike Missile, puts a very high-dollar, high-value enemy platform at risk,” Smith said.

    The Navy’s Unmanned Campaign Framework noted that the MQ-25A Stingray will be the first aircraft carrier-based unmanned aircraft, functioning primarily as a refueling tanker.

    Fabrication has begun on the Orca “extra large unmanned undersea vessel” with the first vehicle expected to be delivered in fiscal 2022. Other unmanned platforms are also in the works by the Navy and Marine Corps.

    “Unmanned systems are truly disruptive — both for us and our adversaries,” the campaign plan states.

    MQ-9A ‘Reaper’

    Turboprop-powered, remotely piloted aircraft first flown in 2001

    Wingspan: 66 feet Length: 36 feet

    Armament: Hellfire missiles, laser-guided bombs

    Maximum takeoff weight: 10,500 pounds

    Payload: 850 pounds internal, 3,000 pounds external

    Maximum altitude: 50,000 feet

    Maximum endurance: 34 hours for extended-range version

March 26, 2021 Hilo Peace Vigil leaflet

Tuesday, March 23rd, 2021

No More

Mass Shootings &

Endless Wars!

      How many more deaths? The United States has been at war for nearly every year of its existence as an independent nation, fighting in 227 years of its 244-year history. This past week marked the 18 anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq on the false pretense of “Weapons of Mass Destruction.” And, despite the lie, the war is still going on. The same with the US war in Afghanistan, nearly 20 years. And don’t forget US bullets and bombs fired in Syria, Libya, and countless other countries where overt and covert US military action is taking place. The US and its allies have dropped 46 bombs per day for 20 years. In addition, there is an endless whipping up of hostility toward China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, etc. to fuel more weapons programs for the US Military – Industrial Complex. Make no mistake: War is Very Profitable Big Business! It is the bedrock of global empire!

See more here http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/56435.htm

      Now in the last week the US has experienced two more mass shootings, one in Atlanta, Georgia, and the other in Boulder, Colorado. 8 people killed in Atlanta, including 6 Asian-American women, and 10 people killed in Boulder. The US is a mass shooting nation: Columbine & Marjory Stoneman Douglas High Schools, Sandy Hook Elementary School, Virginia Tech, El Paso mall, Los Vegas strip, churches, synagogues, on and on. Assault rifles are becoming as common as American apple pie. Racist hate crimes are on the rise too, which goes hand-in-hand with increasing US hostility toward China, North Korea, Iran, etc. Not to mention the ongoing police killings of unarmed Black Americans, and injustice to Kanaka Maoli in their own homeland.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Violence is Not the Answer! When Will We Ever Learn?

More Justice & Aloha for all!

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-Asian, anti-Hawaiian, 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), Hawaii 96760

Phone (808) 966-7622 Email ja@malu-aina.org to receive our posts. For more information www.malu-aina.org

                                   March 26, 2021 Hilo Peace Vigil leaflet – week 1017Fridays 3:30-5PM downtown Post Office

March 19, 2021 Hilo Peace Vigil leaflet

Tuesday, March 16th, 2021

The Russian Who Saved the

World!

Let this short story inspire us all. Let us work to prevent the destruction of this planet from nuclear war, climate disaster, and global pandemics. Future generations depend on us taking responsibility here and now in every way possible, to work for peace and justice, and to protect one another, and the earth that gives us all life.

russian 

 

      More than 50 years ago, in 1962 at the height of the Cuban Missile Crisis, second-in-command Vasilli Arkhipov of the Soviet submarine B-59 refused to agree with his Captain’s order to launch nuclear torpedoes against US warships and setting off what might well have been a terminal superpower nuclear war.

      The US had been dropping depth charges near the submarine in an attempt to force it to surface, unaware it was carrying nuclear arms. The Soviet officers, who had lost radio contact with Moscow, concluded that World War 3 had begun, and two of the officers agreed to ‘blast the US warships out of the water’. Arkhipov refused to agree – unanimous consent of three officers was required – and thanks to him, we are here to talk about it.

      His story is finally being told – the BBC is airing a documentary on it. The Man Who Saved the World. https://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/the-man-who-saved-the-world-about-this-episode/871/ It’s just one of many close calls. Amazingly, we haven’t killed ourselves and the planet yet.

Together, Let’s Act Daily to Save the World!

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, 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), Hawaii 96760

Phone (808) 966-7622 Email ja@malu-aina.org to receive our posts. For more information www.malu-aina.org

                                 March 19, 2021 Hilo Peace Vigil leaflet – week 1016 – Fridays 3:30-5PM downtown Post Office


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

Revised March 12th leaflet with breaking Mauna Kea news

Wednesday, March 10th, 2021

NO TMT on Mauna Kea!

TMT Makes Desecrating the Sacred Legal

mauna 

TMT Makes Protecting the Sacred Criminal

This Friday, March 12, 2021 @ 8:30 Hilo Courtroom 3B MAUNA KUPUNA TRIALS:
Leilani Lindsey Kaapuni, Kahu Richard Maele DeLeon, Luana Neff, Renee Price… 

                                                         no tMT

      In today’s world, with the increasing threat of “Full Spectrum Extinction” through Man-Made Climate Disaster and Nuclear War, perhaps our best hope of survival lies in learning what it means to “Protect the Sacred.” Breaking news: The Clean Water Branch of the Department of Health has just rescinded the TMT permit for stormwater pollution discharge into five streams on Mauna Kea.  This means that TMT cannot move on construction at this time. The Intermediate Court of Appeals is considering DLNR’s failure to secure a bond for construction and decommissioning, required so that the taxpayer isn’t asked to foot the bill if the $2.5 BILLION DOLLAR project fails to secure the funds it would need to build if it did have the permits required.

Protect Mauna Kea & All Sacred Places! Save the Planet!

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, 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), Hawaii 96760

Phone (808) 966-7622 Email ja@malu-aina.org to receive our posts. For more information www.malu-aina.org

                                      March 12, 2021 Hilo Peace Vigil leaflet – week 1015 – Fridays 3:30-5PM downtown Post Office

 

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