PROTECT POHAKULOA

Stop Bombing Hawaii!

                                                                     Radiation symbol    

                                                                                                      radiation monitor at PTA showing 62 CPM

      On Wednesday, March 29, 2017 people gathered outside the main gates of the 133,000-acre Military Pohakuloa Training Area (PTA), located in the center of Hawaii Island to stand for peace and protect sacred lands from further military bombing desecration and contamination. The group of protectors carried signs, offered Hawaiian chants, sang and prayed, as howitzer shells exploded in the distance, sending dust clouds high into the air. They also conducted radiation monitoring.

      Depleted Uranium (DU) munitions have been used at Pohakuloa. The winds and continued use of high explosives can resuspend DU oxide dust particles which can then be inhaled. Dr. Lorrin Pang MD and retied Army Medical Corps, says “DU is an emitter of alpha radiation, the most dangerous form of radiation once it enters the body.” On March 29, 2017 protectors radiation monitors recorded spikes of radiation up to 70 CPM (counts per minute) outside the PTA main gate when normal background is 5 – 20CPM.

                                                                                                Some of the Protectors at Pohakuloa 

                                                                                                                    Howitzer explosion dust clouds

Join the effort to protect people, plants and animals, land, air, and water – from Mauna Kea, to Standing Rock, to Pohakuloa. It is all one. Malama Honua. Take care of Mother Earth and she will take care of us.

See video coverage here

See http://www.bigislandvideonews.com/2017/03/30/video-gathering-to-protect-pohakuloa/

1. Mourn all victims of violence. 2. Reject war as a solution. 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.

Contact: Malu ‘Aina Center for Non-violent Education & Action
P.O. Box 489 Kurtistown, Hawai’i 96760 Phone (808) 966-7622. Email: ja@malu-aina.org

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Hilo Peace Vigil leaflet March 31 2017– 810th week – Friday 3:30-5PM downtown Post Office

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