Protect Pohakuloa –EIS Public Meetings
Protect
Pohakuloa
No Military Lease Renewal, No Land Swaps, Stop the Bombing and Desecration, Make the Military Clean Up its Toxic Mess, Return the Land to the Kanaka Maoli!
The Big Lie – “We are Stewards of the Land” PTA commander LTC Timothy Alvarado, June 29, 2023, Hawaii Tribune-Herald
A Few Simple Truths:
1. Millions of live rounds are fired annually at Pohakuloa by the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, and foreign troops involving a wide range of weapon systems from dozens of firing points on land leased from the State of Hawaii. (p. 52 of draft 2 EIS)
2. Depleted Uranium (DU) is just one of many toxins used at the 133,000-acre site in over 75 years of bombing and shelling. DU oxide particles can be carried long distances in the wind and when inhaled can cause a wide range of cancers, birth defects, and even genetic damage passed to future generations.
3. Pohakuloa is a Lahaina firestorm in the making for Hawaii Island and the danger is increasing with climate change. There have been 892 recorded fires attributable to military activities at PTA since 1975 according to the military. (p. 354)
4. Whatever happens mauka comes makai. We are all downwind, downhill of Pohakuloa. The military poisoning of military families and civilians from Red Hill jet fuel leaks into Oahu’s water table is not an isolated military toxic event.
Learn more: See the 11-minute video — How the Army Got to Bomb Hawaii For $1 https://youtu.be/-nsn4Sxy8r8 The Pohakuloa 14 min. video “Now that you Know, Do You Care?” https://vimeo.com/94598875 Also, the video of Dr. Lorrin Pang, M.D., public health officer, retired 24 years in the Army Medical Corps and listed in the Who’s Who (top 3%) of America’s Best Doctors explaining the health dangers of inhaling DU oxide dust particles https://vimeo.com/19153948. Also read – A Brief History Of US Military Poisoning Of Hawai’i – PopularResistance.Org
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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May 3, 2024, Hilo Peace Vigil leaflet – week 1179 – Fridays 3:30-5 PM downtown Post Office
Important Public Meetings
about the Military wanting to retain land
by State lease renewal, land swap, etc.
at the 133,000 acre
Pohakuloa Toxic Area
in the center of Hawaii Island that has been bombed and shelled for 75 years with a wide range of toxins including Depleted Uranium radiation.
6-8 PM Mon. May 6 Waimea District Park
6-8 PM Tue. May 7 ‘Imiloa Astronomy Center on UH Hilo Campus
Mark your Calendars!
Read the PTA Environmental Impact Statement here to submit comments in
writing by mail, email, or by phone
https://home.army.mil/hawaii/ptaeis/project-home
Please pass the word. Mahalo.
Malu ‘Aina Center for Non-violent Education
P.O. Box 489 Ola’a (Kurtistown), Hawai’i 96760
Phone (808) 966-7622 Email ja@malu-aina.org to receive our posts.
For more information see https://www.malu-aina.org
