Some Thoughts on the 2nd assassination attempt of Donald Trump.

 
Some Thoughts on the 2nd assassination attempt of Donald Trump.
 
According to news reports, one of the most shocking things is that the alleged assassin (Ryan Wesly Routh) has lived in Ka’a’awa on Oahu since 2017. He even helped build small houses for the homeless. On the TV news tonight, when news crews went to his house his pickup truck had a Biden/Harris bumper sticker, and an American flag was on the house.
 
Biden & Harris both say – ‘there is no place for any violence in our country.” I too condemn violence. But unlike Biden and Harris, I condemn all violence — everywhere. I am committed to nonviolent action for justice, peace, and aloha ‘aina.I condemn the assassination attempt on Donald Trump. I condemn the US/Israel Genocide in Gaza. I condemn the US for sending US weapons of mass destruction to Israel to be used in heavily populated Gaza, I condemn the US funding its proxy war against Russia in Ukraine, and provoking war with China, using proxies like the Philippines, Australia, and Taiwan.
 
You say you condemn all violence yet you want the US to be “the most lethal fighting force in the world.” Don’t you see a contradiction there? And don’t you see a connection between the US being the most deadly military force in the world and the most heavily armed civilian nation, and the rampant killings in US schools, churches, shopping centers, etc.? If you are going to condemn violence, then take steps away from militarization as a nation and armed citizenry. And stop supporting Israel/US GENOCIDE IN GAZA and saying “Israel has a right to defend itself.” Genocide is not self-defense.
 
I condemn Hawaii County Mayor Mitch Roth saying “Israel has a right to defend itself” instead of denouncing US/Israel GENOCIDE. In the coming days, we are likely to hear a lot of Hawaii elected officials and political candidates condemning the assassination attempt on Donald Trump. But where are their voices to condemn the Genocide in Gaza, and the bombing at Pohakuloa?  I ask all these politicians: What are you doing to prevent Pohakuloa from becoming our Big Island “Red Hill” toxic water disaster, our Lahaina firestorm from bombing and shelling in the dry windy Saddle Area, and all of us on Hawaii Island from becoming nuclear (and other airborne toxic) down winders?

Join Peace Sign Holding Outside Mayoral Forum, Sept. 21, 2024 in Hilo

Hilo Yacht Club Mayoral

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Join the Peace Sign Holding Outside!

(on Kalanianaole just past Onekahakaha Beach Park)

Sat. Sept. 21st 10:30- Noon

Mayoral Candidates – Mitch Roth &

Kimo Alameda

Where Do YOU Stand?

What are you doing to prevent Pohakuloa from becoming our Big Island “Red Hill” toxic water disaster, our Lahaina firestorm from bombing and shelling in the dry, windy Saddle Area, and all of us on Hawaii Island from becoming nuclear (and other airborne toxic) downwinders?

Many Hawaii elected officials are ignorant about what’s happening at Pohakuloa. It’s an indictment of their responsibility, of our local news media, and military secrecy about what’s taking place in the center of our island. We need responsible action now!

 

Photo: $250,000 Javelin anti-tank missile fired at Pohakuloa while 40% of families on Hawaii Island (33% statewide) are food insecure. Millions of live rounds from a wide variety of weapon systems are fired annually at Pohakuloa.

Pohakuloa – A Land Besieged!”

Please read the excellent OHA Sept. 2024 Issue of Ka Wai Ola articles on Pohakuloa.

Pages 14-17 at the links below

https://kawaiola.news/cover/pohakuloa-a-land-besieged/

https://kawaiola.news/aina/the-army-and-pohakuloa/

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Phone 808-966-7622 Email ja@malu-aina.org Visit us on the web at www.malu-aina.org

 

Danger of widening war over Ukraine!

Putin Warns of ‘Direct’ War as US Mulls Letting Ukraine Use Long-Range Western Missiles

“It is a question of deciding whether or not NATO countries are directly involved in a military conflict,” said Russian President Vladimir Putin.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/putin-direct-war-nato?utm_source=Common+Dreams&utm_campaign=42f58c3920-News+Alert%3A++Putin+Warns+of+%27Direct%27+War&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-4da0978648-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D

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Phone 808-966-7622 Email ja@malu-aina.org Visit us on the web at www.malu-aina.org

The Presidential Debate!

Tonight’s Presidential Debate: Trump the Big Loser!

 But we are all in the shadows!

Kamala’s support for the “most lethal fighting force in the world” is not for me. No support for the Israel/US Genocide either, nor assault weapons and more guns in the most violent nation in the world. I’m through with the US Empire’s addiction to war and global domination! It is time for a multi-polar world of civilized nations. It is time to shift the Trillion dollar US military budget to meet human needs – food, housing, education, healthcare, child & elder care, and addressing the global climate crisis.
 

Where Do YOU Stand? Sept. 13, 2024, Hilo Peace Vigil leaflet

Where Do YOU Stand?

for Peace, Justice, and Aloha ‘Aina

     Hawaii is one of the most militarized places on the planet. It’s election season and few candidates are talking about the Elephant in the center of Hawaii Island – the massive 133,000-acre Pohakuloa Toxic Area (PTA). Pohakuloa has been bombed and shelled for more than 80 years, Millions of live rounds, from a wide variety of weapon systems, are fired annually at PTA. Many of the weapons fired at PTA contain toxins such as lead, Depleted Uranium (DU) radiation, perchlorate, etc. Bombing and shelling in the dry, high-wind Saddle Area have started over 900 fires in the past 50 years. Military toxins can be resuspended and blow long distances in the wind and smoke.

     We all know that whatever you do mauka, eventually comes makai. We are all downhill and downwind from PTA. It’s time we demand candidates and elected officials speak out — Stop Bombing and Shut Down Pohakuloa, Cancel, don’t renew, the state military land lease at PTA, Make the military clean up its toxic mess, and return the land to the Hawaiian people. Shift the Trillion dollar US military budget to meet human needs – food, housing, education, healthcare, child & elder care, and addressing the global climate crisis. The US military is the largest consumer of oil and emitter of CO2 on the planet. No More Wars — in Gaza, in the wider Middle East, with Iran, with Russia, with China. Make the US Empire heel to a new multipolar world of civilized nations! There will be no winners in a nuclear war! Peace is a Victory for All.

     Remember Kaho’olawe! A grassroots Hawaiian movement stopped the bombing there more than 30 years ago. We need a similar movement now to Stop Bombing Pohakuloa!

Two Important short videos on Pohakuloa. Please share widely. Mahalo.

11 min video – How the US Army got to bomb Hawaii for $1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nsn4Sxy8r8

14 min video – Pohakuloa: Now that You Know, Do You Care?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5r10eRMjIRw

Speak Out Now!

Ask Election Candidates – County,

State, and Federal –

Where Do THEY stand?

(See reverse side – Join the Mayoral Forum sign holding on Sept.. 21st)

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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Sept. 13,, 2024, Hilo Peace Vigil leaflet – week 1198Fridays 3:30-5 PM downtown Post Office

Today marks 23 full years of the Hilo weekly peace vigil with a new leaflet each week.

 

Hilo Yacht Club Mayoral

Forum!

Sponsored by the Big Island Press Club

Join the Peace Sign Holding Outside!

(on Kalanianaole just past Onekahakaha Beach Park)

Sat. Sept. 21st 10:30- Noon

Mayoral Candidates – Mitch Roth &

Kimo Alameda

Where Do YOU Stand?

What are you doing to prevent Pohakuloa from becoming our Big Island “Red Hill” toxic water disaster, our Lahaina firestorm from bombing and shelling in the dry, windy Saddle Area, and all of us on Hawaii Island from becoming nuclear (and other airborne toxic) downwinders?

Many Hawaii elected officials are ignorant about what’s happening at Pohakuloa. It’s an indictment of their responsibility, of our local news media, and military secrecy about what’s taking place in the center of our island. We need responsible action now!

 

Photo: $250,000 Javelin anti-tank missile fired at Pohakuloa while 40% of families on Hawaii Island (33% statewide) are food insecure. Millions of live rounds from a wide variety of weapon systems are fired annually at Pohakuloa.

Pohakuloa – A Land Besieged!”

Please read the excellent OHA Sept. 2024 Issue of Ka Wai Ola articles on Pohakuloa.

Pages 14-17 at the links below

https://kawaiola.news/cover/pohakuloa-a-land-besieged/

https://kawaiola.news/aina/the-army-and-pohakuloa/

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

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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