Onipa’a Hilo Peace Vigil Solidarity!
Monday, January 13th, 2025‘Onipa’a Hilo Peace Vigil
Solidarity!
2025 marks the 132nd year since the illegal overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy.
A march and rally is being held on Jan. 17th at Iolani Palace in Honolulu.
On Jan. 17, 1893, US troops from the USS Boston assisted colonial sugar barons in the illegal overthrow of the independent nation of Hawaii and the imprisonment of Hawaii’s Queen Liliu’okalani. Hawaii has been under illegal US military occupation ever since and is now one of the most militarized and militarily toxic places on the planet. There are more than 110 US military installations in Hawaii.
High-tech Billionaire barons have replaced sugar barons, and Hawaii has become a vacation ground for the elite. Over the New Year’s holiday, there were so many private jets landing in Kona that dozens of the planes had to be sent to Hilo and Maui for parking because there wasn’t enough space in Kona.
Meanwhile, more and more Kanaka Maoli, Hawaii’s native people, and other locals are being forced out of Hawaii because they can no longer afford to live here. There are now more Hawaiians living outside of Hawaii than in Hawaii and the situation keeps worsening.
Jeff Bezos of Amazon has a $78 million palatial estate on Maui, Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook/Meta has a several hundred million dollar estate, complete with an underground bunker on Kauai, and Larry Ellison of Oracle owns more than 97% of Lanai where Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vacations. Marc Benioff of Salesforce, twenty years ago built a $24.5 million beachfront home near the Mauna Kea Beach Hotel. Since then he has bought up lots of land on Hawaii Island. Just in the Mauna Kea Beach Hotel area, Benioff owns 1 beachside mansion, 1 beachside house, 2 luxury condos, and 25 + acres with a total value of $63 million. And he is not alone. Sam Altman of Open AI has a $43 million beachfront estate in Kailua-Kona, and Peter Thiel of Pay Pal has a $27 million beachfront mansion in Kihei on Maui. Increasingly, Hawaii is becoming the vacation land of the .1 of the 1% — Hi-tech oligarchs. Foreign owners are buying up more and more of Hawaii’s agricultural land. https://www.npr.org/2024/02/28/1232564250/billionaire-benioff-buys-hawaii-land-salesforce
No Lie Can Live Forever! It’s Time to Restore Hawaii’s Independence!
End the 132-year illegal military occupation of Hawaii. De-militarize Hawaii! Make the military clean up its toxic mess before returning the lands to the Hawaiian people. Today, Hawaii imports 95% of the food it consumes. In the days before Western domination Hawaii was 100% self-sufficient. Restore the Ahupua’a system – from the mountain to the sea –people caring for the land. Aloha ‘aina needs to thrive again!
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Monday, January 20th marks the official exit from the office of US President by Genocide Joe Biden, and the entrance of President, Genocide “Finish the Job” and “Drill Baby Drill” Wildfire Donald J. Trump.
January 20th also marks the US national holiday honoring the late civil rights and peace leader, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. One year to the day of his assassination, Dr. King spoke the following words: “The greatest purveyor of violence in the world. My own government. I can not be silent.” April 4, 1967
Amazing, the very government that killed Dr. King declares a national holiday in his honor!
May we all have the courage to carry on Dr. King’s legacy of nonviolent action for justice, peace, and aloha ‘aina, despite the cost. 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-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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January 17, 2025, Hilo Peace Vigil leaflet – week 1216– Fridays 3:30-5 PM downtown Post Office
