U.S. Military:

Greatest Polluter on the

Planet!

      Climate Catastrophe is staring us in the face. Record temperatures, wild fires, and intense destructive storms can’t be ignored. The U.S. Military is the largest consumer of oil and largest emitter of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the world. In the name of “defense” the U.S. military is carbon bombing the planet. Also in the name of “defense” the U.S. bombs countries all around the world, including munition sites this week in Syria and Iraq. On a regular basis the U.S. also bombs the 133,000-acre Pohakuloa Training Area (PTA) in the center of Hawaii Island at 6500 feet elevation. PTA is land contaminated by 75 years of military bombing, including cancer-causing toxins such as Depleted Uranium (DU) radiation, perchlorate from rockets and munitions, PFAS, lead, etc. etc. Continued bombing of Pohakuloa (upwards of 14 million live-rounds annually) spreads military toxins around the island and beyond, polluting air, water, and soil. Whatever we do up mauka, eventually comes makai.

      Let us also not forget the existential threat to all life on the planet posed by nuclear war. The Bulletin of Atomic Scientist famous Doomsday Clock is now set at 100 seconds to Midnight. Hawaii is the U.S. Indo-Pacific nuclear war command center for more than half the earth, and one of the most militarized places on the planet. I know of NO elected Hawaii official at the county, State or Federal level with the moral courage to stand up and call for an end to the bombing of Pohakuloa and the enormous military presence in what’s called “The Aloha State.” Silence is betrayal. Silence in a time of global crisis is killing us. We all need to stand up and speak up now before it is too late.

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, anti-Black, anti-Asian, 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

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Jim Albertini Malu 'Aina Center For Non-violent Education & Action P.O. Box 489 
Ola'a (Kurtistown) Hawai'i 96760
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Very important article.  Please share widely.  Mahalo.

Jim

https://fpif.org/countering-the-china-threat-at-what-price/

Countering the “China Threat”–At What Price? by Koohan Paik-Mander

Stop the

Coming War

on China!

Currently, the U.S. has more than 800 overseas bases and is establishing new ones in the Indo-Pacific region. . The Pentagon is considering a permanent naval task force to counter China in the Pacific, basically a full time RIMPAC based out of Pearl Harbor.

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/06/15/pentagon-navy-pacific-task-force-china-494605

      The rising tension between the U.S. and China poses an extremely dangerous situation for the entire world if this new Cold War turns hot. At the recently concluded North Atlantic Treaty organization (NATO) summit, the 30 member nation military block, led by the U.S., accused China of endangering the security of the entire alliance. China’s response was quick. It said the U.S. alone has almost 20 times the amount of nuclear weapons as China does, and invited NATO to match China’s commitment to the no-first-use of nuclear weapons and “unconditionally not using or threatening to use nuclear weapons against non-nuclear-weapon states or zones.” It also said “China has been committed to peaceful development… We will unswervingly defend our sovereignty and development interests, and keep a close eye on NATO’s strategic adjustments and policies toward China.”

See U.S. MISSILE AND MUNITIONS STORAGE HEADED TO EWA BEACH, HAWAII

https://popularresistance.org/missiles-and-munitions-headed-to-ewa-beach-hawaii/ 

-- 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

It’s Time for Diplomacy Not

War!

President Biden and President Putin should reaffirm at their June 16, 2021 meeting in Geneva,

the 1985 Reagan/Gorbachev declaration in Geneva:

“A nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought.”

Nuclear Weapons are Now Illegal

      On January 22, 2021 the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) entered into force under international law. The Treaty specifically prohibits State Parties from developing, testing, producing, manufacturing, acquiring, possessing, deploying, using or threatening to use nuclear weapons, and from assisting or encouraging such acts.   The “Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty” as it is also known, has been approved by122 nations in the UN General Assembly and now ratified by more than 50 countries as required under international law. The nine countries known to have nuclear weapons: U.S., Russia, China, UK, France, Israel, Pakistan, India and North Korea have so far failed to ratify the Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty.

The US and Russia have 90 percent of the world’s nuclear warheads!

The United States, Russia, and the 7 other countries which continue to possess nuclear weapons are now Outlaw States. Worsening relations between Washington and Moscow means increasing the dangers that the world will blow up in a nuclear holocaust. It’s time for an about face – to reopen, restore, and re-engage respectful dialogue to resolve differences, instead of fueling profits for the military industrial complex.

      The urgent need is to redirect military spending toward meeting human needs and protecting the environment, especially in this time of a global pandemic and pending climate catastrophe. The United States spends more on militarism than Russia, China, India, Saudi Arabia, France, Germany, United Kingdom, Japan, South Korea, and Brazil – combined. We need to create a safer, not more dangerous, world for future generations.

Feed People, NOT the War Machine! Help Save Humanity!

No New Cold War with Russia & China!

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, anti-Black, anti-Asian, 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

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