Protest

RIMPAC 2024!

29 countries including Israel!

RIMPAC (Rim of the Pacific) is the worldʻs largest international maritime exercise, held biannually since the early 1970s. Approximately 29 nations, 40 surface ships, 3 submarines, 14 national land forces, over 150 aircraft, and more than 25,000 personnel will participate in the RIMPAC 2024 exercise scheduled from June 26 to Aug. 2, in and around the Hawaiian Islands. bigislandnow.com

RIMPAC usually involves the sinking of ships (and harm to marine life) by bombing and shelling in Hawaiian waters, onshore military beach assault landings, bombing, shelling, and troop training at the Pohakuloa Training Area on Hawaii Island and possibly other areas, as well as human trafficking with military troops entering tourist areas. Canceling the RIMPAC War Games Now & Forever will be a Peace victory for all!

If RIMPAC goes forward, extensive protests are planned. Presently protests are scheduled for Saturday, June 22 from 10 AM till Noon in Hilo on Kamehameha Ave near the Mo’oheau Bandstand, Saturday, July 6 from 10 AM till Noon at the Pohakuloa Main Gate, Saturday, July 20 from 10 AM till Noon fronting the Kamehameha Statue on Hilo Bayfront. Please pass the word! Mahalo.

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

Food NOT Bombs!

Photo of a $200,000 Javelin anti-tank missile being fired at Pohakuloa while 40% of Big Island households are food insecure!

Millions of a wide variety of live rounds are fired annually at Pohakuloa!

New study: Household food insecurity highest on Big Island

https://bigislandnow.com/2024/05/30/new-study-household-food-inseurity-highest-on-big-island/

https://howmuchhub.com/javelin-missile-cost/#google_vignette

Where are the voices for shifting priorities from funding the war machine (the military-industrial complex) to meeting human needs?

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

     RIMPAC (Rim of the Pacific) is the worldʻs largest international maritime exercise, held biannually since the early 1970s. Approximately 29 nations, 40 surface ships, 3 submarines, 14 national land forces, over 150 aircraft and more than 25,000 personnel will participate in the RIMPAC 2024 exercise scheduled from June 26 to Aug. 2, in and around the Hawaiian Islands. bigislandnow.com

     Forces from Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Denmark, Ecuador, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Peru, the Republic of Korea, the Republic of the Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tonga, the United Kingdom and the United States will participate in RIMPAC 2024.

     Specific military details for RIMPAC 2024 have not been released. Still, RIMPAC usually involves the sinking of ships (and harm to marine life) by bombing and shelling in Hawaiian waters, onshore military beach assault landings, bombing, shelling, and troop training at the Pohakuloa Training Area on Hawaii Island and possibly other areas, as well as human trafficking with military troops entering tourist areas. Canceling the RIMPAC War Games Now & Forever will be a Peace victory for all!

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     If RIMPAC goes forward, extensive protests are planned. Presently protests are scheduled for Saturday, June 22 from 10 AM till Noon in Hilo on Kamehameha Ave near the Mo’oheau Bandstand, Saturday, July 6 from 10 AM till Noon at the Pohakuloa Main Gate, Saturday, July 20 from 10 AM till Noon fronting the Kamehameha Statue on Hilo Bayfront.  Please pass the word! Mahalo.

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

   Hawaii Island Radiation

Park!  “No Breathing Zone!”

(Surrounded by the Military Pohakuloa Toxic Area (PTA)

Children’s Playground Area is Closed for Repair 5/28/24 for at least a week

Radiation readings at this park have been detected far above background levels on multiple occasions.

Oppose the State Lease Renewal of Land to the Military at Pohakuloa! Key Concerns: Cultural/Historic Sites, Air Quality, Water Quality, Critical Habitat for Endangered Species, Bombing Wildfires, and Multiple Toxins including Depleted Uranium (DU).

June 7, 2024, Public Comment Deadline for Pohakuloa Training Area Draft 2 EIS Lease. Email to atlr-pta-eis@g70.design, mail to ATLR PTA EIS Comments, P.O. Box 3444, Honolulu, HI 96801-3444. For more info see https://malu-aina.org/?p=10122

 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 to receive our posts. For more information see https://www.malu-aina.org

May 31, 2024, Hilo Peace Vigil leaflet – week 1183 – Fridays 3:30-5 PM downtown Post Office

Hawaii Island Radiation Park!

(Surrounded by the Military Pohakuloa Toxic Area -PTA)

Children’s Playground Area is Closed for Repair

https://www.bigislandvideonews.com/2024/05/27/maunakea-park-playground-to-close-for-repairs/

Radiation readings at this park have been detected above background levels on multiple occasions.

Oppose the State Lease Renewal of Land to the Military at Pohakuloa! Other Key Concerns: Cultural/Historic Sites, Air Quality, Water Quality, Critical Habitat for Endangered Species, Fires, and Multiple Toxins including Depleted Uranium (DU).  Make the military clean up its toxic mess!

June 7, 2024, Public Comment Deadline for Pohakuloa Training Area Draft 2 EIS Lease. Email to atlr-pta-eis@g70.design, mail to ATLR PTA EIS Comments, P.O. Box 3444, Honolulu, HI 96801-3444. For more info see https://malu-aina.org/?p=10122

 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 to receive our posts. For more information see https://www.malu-aina.org

May 31, 2024, Hilo Peace Vigil leaflet – week 1183 – Fridays 3:30-5 PM downtown Post Office