Press Release on Protest of RIMPAC 2018 Bombing Hawaii
Press Release on Protest of RIMPAC 2018 Bombing Hawaii
further contact: Jim Albertini 966-7622, email ja@malu-aina.org
Malu 'Aina Center for Non-violent Education & Action
P.O. Box 489
Kurtistown, Hawaii 96760
Phone 808-966-7622
email ja@malu-aina.org
visit us on the web at www.malu-aina.org
Below is a partial list of signers of a statement calling for Stopping RIMPAC Bombing of Hawaii. On Saturday, June 30, 2018 protests from 10-12noon are being held on three islands — at Pearl Harbor on Oahu, at Pohakuloa on Hawaii Island, and on the island of Kauai.
President Donald Trump, following his summit in Singapore with North Korean leader, Kim Jung Un, cancelled joint U.S. – South Korea military exercises. Trump said: “We will be saving a tremendous amount of money. Plus, it is very provocative.” Malu ‘Aina says the same can be said of RIMPAC (Rim of the Pacific, now Indo-Pacific — the largest military command in the world based on Oahu).
Stop RIMPAC Bombing of Hawaii!
From June 27 until Aug.2, 2018 Some 26 nations (including Israel for the first time), 47 surface ships, five submarines, 18 national land forces, and more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are expected to participate in the biennial RIMPAC war games that includes bombing and shelling the 133,000-acre military Pohakuloa Training Area in the middle of Hawaii island.
Hawaii Island is undergoing tremendous trauma from Kilauea Volcano lava flows. Thousands of people have been displaced from their homes, farms, and businesses. We do not need to add to the trauma by RIMPAC bombing of our island home. We ask that the bombing be stopped immediately.
Mayor Harry Kim has said due to the Kilauea eruption “needs are greater than we’ve ever seen.” If the military wants to truly protect the people of Hawaii island, forgo RIMPAC 2018 and use the money for housing and other lava relief efforts.
Partial list of signers:
Isaac “Paka” Harp, Vice-President Hawaiian Patriotic League
Hanalei Fergerstrom, Kurtistown, Hawai’i
Kalama oka’aina Niheu
Joan Heller, lawai Hawaii
Kalikolehua Kanaele Sr., Keaau Hawaiian Kingdom
Jim Albertini
Ron Fujiyoshi
Danny Li
Donna Grabow
Wendy Salem
Kieba Blacklidge
Sarah Anderson
Suzanne Villeneuve, Kapa’au
Sherri Carden
Mike Walls
Sylvia Dolena, Pahoa
Julie Kailani Ranoa
Courtney Zajicek
Lorraine Ayers-Briel
Denice Manulani Griffith
Annette Julia Pearson Schmidt, Kihei, HI
Geoffrey Shaw
William Gilliam
Carmen Lyman
Sylvia Dolena, Pahoa, HI
Mike Walls
Randy Goff
Kathy Dorn
Dharmani Zelin
Teresa San Miguel, Kea’au, Hawaii
Sherri Carden
Suzanne Villeneuve, Kapa’au, HI
Sarah Anderson
Kieba Blacklidge
Jan Asch, Kapa’au, HI
Julie Kailani Ranoa
Michael Crawford, Tillamook Oregon
Josh Yang
Michael J. Moore
Bob Bogle
Gloria Baraquio
April K. Lee, Hawi, HI
Luella Nohea Crutcher
Mele Stokesberry, Organization: Maui Peace Action
Shannon Rudolph
Fred E. Hofer
Lindafaye Kroll
Wally Inglis
CYNTHIA HATHAWAY
Gwen Kim
Eila Algood
Gary Harrold
Mary Marvin Porter
Jon Olsen, Jefferson, Maine
John Otranto
Chandell Asuncion
Patricia Blair, Kailua, Hawai’i
Nedi McKnight, Paʻauilo
Tom Holzer, Santa Fe, NM
Nancy Redfeather
Aerit Waters
Charlotte Flavin. Pukalani, HI
Marta Barreras
Nancy Shearman
Jennifer Day, Maui
Courtney Zajicek, Pahoa, HI
Lauraine Ayers-Briel
Dr. Sylvia C Frain, Auckland Peace Action, Aetearoa
Denice Manulani Griffith
Lauraine Ayers-Briel. Haiku, HI
