Important article on Depleted Uranium
The US says it will start delivering the controversial weapons to Ukraine soon; Russia denounced the decision as ‘an indicator of inhumanity’
Remember the US military has used Depleted Uranium weapons at Pohakuloa and other sites in Hawaii.
Jack & Felice Cohen-Joppa
founders and editors of The Nuclear Resister for 42 years to speak at Malu ‘Aina Peace Meeting
Monday, Sept. 25, 2023
6:30 -7:15PM
at the Kea’au Community Center
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Jack & Felice blocking the road at the Nevada nuclear test site
The Nuclear Resister networks the anti-nuclear and anti-war resistance movement while acting as a clearinghouse for information about contemporary nonviolent resistance to war and the nuclear threat. Our emphasis is on support for the women and men jailed for these actions. This website is the online companion to the quarterly Nuclear Resister newsletter, a more comprehensive chronicle.
Jack and Felice are based in Tucson, Arizona.
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Press Release for Public release 9/5/23
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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
MInuteman III ICBM test launch at Vandenberg AFB Tuesday night 11:30PM California time flying over Hawaii to the Marshall Islands
First hand experience from prior Vandenberg missile launches:
I experienced first hand several of these ICMB launches from Vandenberg while I was imprisoned at Lompoc in 1988 and 89 for a 1984 peaceful swimming protest of a US nuclear warship entering Hilo Harbor in violation of Hawaii County’s historic Nuclear Free Zone law — the first such Nuclear-Free law in the US. Lompoc Federal Prison is located on Vandenberg A.F.B. near Santa Barbara, CA. Many federal prisons are on US military bases, including Terminal Island Fed. Prison on Long Beach Naval Base and Boron Federal Prison on Edwards A.F.B. in the Mohave desert where I also spent a short time for this swim for peace as part of a 3 year federal prison sentence by a visiting federal judge, Spencer Williams, who spent 29 years in the Navy as a Lt. Commander.
I later read that the dummy warheads in these ICBM launches contained Depleted Uranium (DU). (Like using DU is spotting rounds and dummy rounds for the Davy Crockett nuclear weapon system test fired at Pohakuloa, Schofield and likely Makua Valley, and possibly Kaho’olawe.) That’s adding further insult and injury to the Marshall Islanders — to send DU into their lagoon from these missile launches from Vandenberg. Is the US still using DU in the dummy warheads? The Marshallese have already suffered so much from 67 US atomic and hydrogen bomb tests in their islands.
Regarding the launches from Vandenberg, I can’t recall whether it was the ground and prison shaking first, or the incredibly loud noise from the launches near the prison, but then came the smell of rocket fuel coming down on the prisoners. The tests were usually done late at night. We were literally captives with no where to go.
I’m glad to hear about the protests at Vandenberg. Solidarity,
Jim Albertini
-- 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
TONIGHT SEPTEMBER 5-UNARMED ICBM TO FLY FROM CALIFORNIA OVER HAWAII & LAND IN MARSHALL ISLANDS—DO YOU THINK THE NORTH KOREANS MIGHT BE CONCERNED!!!!
Protest TODAY the Minuteman III ICBM test from Vandenberg to the Marshall Islands.September 5th Tuesday will be a peace protest TODAY at 11:30 at night until midnight, at Vandenberg, Santa Maria gate on Hwy 1.Day time protest 3:35 pm: the next day, Wednesday September 6th, there will be another peace protest at Vandenberg same location, the Santa Maria gate on Highway 1Ann, I think I remember that Barking Sands on the stolen island of Kauai is one of the Minuteman III ICBM tracing stations. Is this true? YES!!!The ICBM launch begins from stolen Chumash land and crashes down at the Kwajalein atoll in the Marshall Islands. From 1946 to 1958 the US military detonated 67 hydrogen bombs in the atmosphere of the Marshall Islands. The dummy warhead on this test missile represents a W-78 hydrogen bomb. A world ending weapon that should never ever be used. Why are we rehearsing this ?Please amplify our message today in your peace work today.The military states the test is to be sure it is safe and effective.Safe? Effective?From Vandenberg Space Force:An operational test launch of an Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile is scheduled for Sept. 5, 2023, from 11:47 p.m. to Sept. 6, 5:47 a.m. Pacific Time from North Vandenberg.
The purpose of the ICBM test launch program is to demonstrate the readiness of U.S. nuclear forces and provide confidence in the lethality and effectiveness of the nation’s nuclear deterrent, according to Air Force Global Strike Command.
This test is routine and was scheduled years in advance. Consistent with previous test launches, this ICBM test launch will validate and verify the effectiveness, readiness and accuracy of the weapon system.
In accordance with standard procedures, the United States has transmitted a pre-launch notification pursuant to the Hague Code of Conduct, and notified the Russian government in advance, per our existing bi-lateral obligations.
For questions regarding the launch window or Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB) range operations, contact SLD 30 Public Affairs at 805-606-3595 or sld30.pa.workflow@us.af.mil.
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The US keeps sending more and more weapons to Ukraine for its proxy war against Russia: tanks, howitzers, and cluster bombs. Now Depleted Uranium (DU) weapons, F-16s, etc. What’s next? Nuclear War – the end of civilization?
See article on DU —
Depleted Uranium (DU) weapons have been used at the military Pohakuloa Toxic Area (PTA) in the center of Hawaii Island and at other sites in Hawaii. DU oxide dust particles can be carried long distances in the strong winds that blow through the Saddle Area from PTA. Hawaii County needs comprehensive, independent, testing and monitoring to determine the full extent of DU at PTA and what’s blowing in the wind off Pohakuloa.. The Hawaii County Council called for 8 actions in 2008, including stopping all bombing at Pohakuloa until safety actions were taken in Resolution 639-08, which passed by a vote of 8-1. The military has refused to act on the County’s call for positive action.
“Question the media and you’re a conspiracy kook. Criticize the government and you’re a Russian agent. Oppose war and you’re anti-American. Defend Palestinians and you’re an anti-Semite. Good is bad. Up is down. War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.” Caitlin Johnstone
“The time is always right to do what is right” – Martin Luther King
BAN DEPLETED URANIUM WEAPONS NOW! Tell Congress — No More Weapons to Ukraine! Stop Bombing Pohakuloa too! Peace is a Victory 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-Hawaiian, anti-Black, anti-Asian, anti-Russian, anti-LGBTQ, etc. 5. Seek peace through peaceful means and work for justice in Hawai`i and around the world.
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September 8, 2023, Hilo Peace Vigil leaflet – week 1145– Fridays 3:30-5 PM downtown Post Office
Entering the 23rd year of the Friday Hilo Peace Vigil
