Ivan Boesky’s Passing

Published by jalbertini on May 20th, 2024 in Military, Public Events, Radiation, Social Justice, Take Action! | No Comments

Ivan Boesky — Wall St. Insider Trader’s passing
I saw the news of Wall St. Insider Trader Ivan Boesky’s passing. I think we spent about 10 or 11 months together at Lompoc Federal Prison, California, in 1988-89. We both had 3 year sentences. I think I may have told you the story about one day he asked me
“What are you in for?” When I told him “a swim for peace in protest of a visiting nuclear warship in Hilo Bay, Hawaii,” he looked at me like a deer in the headlights. He had a stunned look on his face and I could see his mind thinking “There’s No money in that.” Boesky had a Russian Jewish family background, and I recall an older Jewish inmate once saying. “Boesky is NO Jew. He wrote the US government a check for a $100 million fine. If he was a Jew, his right arm would have fallen off.”
May Ivan now rest in peace.

Shameful Warmonger Ed Case pushes Sentinel Landscape Buffer zones for Military bases in Hawaii

Published by jalbertini on May 20th, 2024 in Hawaii Independence, Military, Pohakuloa, Radiation, Sacred Mauna Kea, Social Justice, Take Action! | No Comments

Warmonger Congressman Ed Case pushes Sentinel Landscape to create huge buffer zones (modern-day Moats) around the military castles of the US Empire. Shameful!

Thursday, May 16, 2024

  Feds Designate 2,000,000 Acres of Hawaii as ‘Sentinel Landscapes’
By Ed Case @ 2:02 AM :: 484 Views :: Environment, Congressional Delegation, Land Use, Military		  
Case Praises New Partnerships Among Twenty Federal, State, Local and Non-Governmental Entities And Congress To Help Conserve Two Million Acres In Hawai‘i

He worked with federal agencies to support the “Sentinel Landscape” designation to safeguard and maintain open lands that support agriculture, conservation and recreation on lands near military installations

News Release from Office of Rep Ed Case, Washington, DC, May 15, 2024

(Washington, DC) – Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) announcement today the designation of two million acres throughout the State of Hawai‘i as a Sentinel Landscape, a federal program that makes these lands eligible for millions in funding to support conservation efforts. The program creates partnerships between federal agencies, state and local governments, private landowners, land managers and non-profits to preserve sensitive lands and resources near military bases.

“This designation for Hawai‘i strengthens military and other federal efforts against threats to our recreational and agricultural lands, native forests and critical habitats, including sea level rise and extreme weather conditions such as drought that could bring on wildfires,” said Case, a member of the House Appropriations Committee’s Subcommittee on Defense with jurisdiction over the Department of Defense (DOD), as well as of the House Natural Resources Committee.

The new Hawai‘i Sentinel Landscape spans over two million acres, featuring priority conservation, agricultural and DOD lands on Kaua‘i, O‘ahu and Hawai‘i Islands. The designation will apply to lands around several military installations across Hawai‘i, including the Pacific Missile Range Facility on Kaua‘i; Marine Corps Base Hawai‘i, Joint-Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam and the U.S. Army Garrison Hawai‘i on O‘ahu, and the Pōhakuloa Training Area on Hawaiʻi Island.  

The program does not bring any new lands into federal ownership, but:

1.   Provides landowners and land managers with effective management tools and protection measures to support threatened and endangered species populations.

2.   Supports a landscape that is resilient to the impacts of increased severe weather events, sea level rise and wildfire.

3.   Develops initiatives that foster the sustained well-being of Hawaii’s conservation areas, working lands and local communities.

4.   Promotes land use near military bases that is compatible with DOD mission by safeguarding and maintaining open lands that support agriculture, conservation and recreation.

Through legislation, meetings, regular oversight and other actions, Case actively worked in Congress to support the Sentinel Landscape designation.

“My amendment in the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act enabled more federal agencies to participate in the Sentinel Landscape Program, expanding the resources the federal government can bring to our state to conserve lands for future generations,” said Case.

In 2021, Case joined with the other members of the Hawai‘i Congressional delegation in a letter to the federal agencies that oversee the program to support a proposal to designation. The delegation advocated for the federal government to “reduce incompatible development located near existing installations, foster collaboration won the unique habitat concerns for listed species, maintain resilience in the face of climate change, and preserve Native Hawaiian cultural activities, practices and historic sites.”

Attachment: Hawai‘i Sentinel Landscape Profile

 
Below is a peace leaflet I wrote nearly 3 years ago about MIlitary Sentinel Landscapes.

Stop Hawaii Military Madness!

Newest versions: “Sentinel Landscape” & Reaper Drones

 

  drone

Reaper Drone

      Hawaii is already one of the most militarized (and military poisoned) places on the planet. There are more than 100 active US military installations in Hawaii. On Hawaii Island alone, there are at least 57 present and former US military sites on land (and near shore waters) totaling more than 250,000-acres in need of military clean up – everything from unexploded ordnance, to military chemical and biological weapons, Depleted Uranium (DU) radiation, etc. etc. After more than $400 million was spent to clean up Kaho’olawe, the island is still littered with unexploded ordnance on land and in near shore waters. Pearl Harbor, once Hawaii’s fish breeding center, is now a military polluted Superfund site. Nuclear waste has been discharged into Pearl Harbor and more than 2000 fifty-five gallon drums of military nuclear waste have been dumped off Oahu’s southern shores.

      First came Army Compatible Use Buffer Program (ACUB). Then Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration (REPI): https://www.repi.mil/ Now it’s Sentinel Landscape – all involve co-opting of environmentalism in the service of empire and the US war machine. Sentinel Landscape is really the creation of modern day buffer-zone “land moats” around the castles of US militarism. Those who get to lease the castle “land moats” on Oahu and Kauai have been mainly chemical GMO biotech Fortune 500 seed corporations. Whatever farm crops and animals raised near a toxic stew base like Pohakuloa, will likely carry the toxins of the base. A 10-mile radius “Sentinel Landscape” buffer zone is being proposed for Pohakuloa. It is said that most or all of Oahu, Kauai and the Big Island could be designated as a Sentinel Landscape in service of US militarism.

      If that is not enough to ponder, please be advised that Covert “Military Special Ops” Assassination Training is also taking place OUTSIDE of military bases, on public and private lands – parks, beaches, and near shore waters on all Hawaiian islands. In some cases, tourists and local residents unknowingly, are being used as props in that training. See http://malu-aina.org/?p=5833 And keep an eye out for the six new “Reaper” assassination drones that will soon be coming to Hawaii. https://www.staradvertiser.com/2021/03/24/hawaii-news/6-reaper-drones-will-be-based-on-oahu/?utm_source=ground.news&utm_medium=referral

See news article here on Sentinel Landscape: https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2021/08/18/hawaii-news/council-members-hear-pitch-on-sentinel-landscape-designation/ See the 2 min video on Sentinel Landscape here https://sentinellandscapes.org/

De-Militarize & De-Occupy Hawaii Now!

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, etc.
5. Seek peace through peaceful means and work for justice in Hawai`i and around the world.

Malu ‘Aina Center for Non-violent Education & Action P.O. Box 489 Ola’a (Kurtistown), Hawaii 96760

Phone (808) 966-7622 Email ja@malu-aina.org to receive our posts. For more information www.malu-aina.org

August 27, 2021 Hilo Peace Vigil leaflet – week 1039– Fridays 3:30-5PM downtown Post Office

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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

New Signage for Radiation Park

Published by jalbertini on May 17th, 2024 in Military, Pohakuloa, Radiation, Take Action! | No Comments

New Signage for Radiation Park

Take action Now — Oppose Pohakuloa Lease renewal, land swap, etc.

Published by jalbertini on May 17th, 2024 in Hawaii Independence, Military, Pohakuloa, Public Events, Radiation, Sacred Mauna Kea, Social Justice, Take Action! | No Comments

Take action Now  — Oppose Pohakuloa Lease renewal, land swap, etc.

Take Action Now!

Send in testimony opposing

the Pohakuloa lease renewal!

The deadline is June 7, 2024 Email to atlr-pta-eis@g70.design, mail to ATLR PTA EIS Comments, P.O. Box 3444, Honolulu, HI 96801-3444. Emphasize some or all of the points below. Contact your elected officials as well. Mahalo.

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 and pay reparations for destruction of the ‘aina and psychological injuries caused.

Jim Albertini Malu ‘Aina Center For Non-violent Education & Action P.O. Box 489 Ola’a (Kurtistown) Hawaii 96760 Phone 808-966-7622 Email ja@malu-aina.org Visit us on the web at www.malu-aina.org

 

May 17, 2024 Hilo Peace Vigil leaflet — Speak out to Protect Pohakuloa and Stop the Bombing!

Published by jalbertini on May 14th, 2024 in Climate Change, Hawaii Independence, Military, Pohakuloa, Public Events, Radiation, Sacred Mauna Kea, Social Justice, Take Action!, Vigil leaflets | No Comments

Please Share Widely.  Mahalo.

 

View the public testimony on the May 7, 2024, Hilo public hearing concerning

the Pohakuloa lease renewal overwhelmingly opposed by testifiers.

Hearing On Pōhakuloa EIS Held In Hilo https://www.bigislandvideonews.com/2024/05/08/second-hearing-on-pohakuloa-eis-held-in-hilo/#google_vignette

KITV news story on the Hilo Hearing: https://www.kitv.com/news/army-looks-to-extend-pohakuloa-lease-past-2029-faces-opposition/article_d98cb858-0d99-11ef-a5cf-4be77f7de1eb.html

 

The Hawaii Tribune-Herald, Thursday, May 9, 2024 has a front page article on the hearing.

 

Protect

Pohakuloa!

No Military Lease Renewal, No Land Swaps, Stop the Bombing and Desecration, Shut Down Pohakuloa, Make the Military Clean Up its Toxic Mess, Return the Land to the Kanaka Maoli, and pay reparations for the destruction of the ‘aina and psychological injuries caused.

The Big Lie – “We are Stewards of the Land” PTA commander

LTC Timothy Alvarado,

A Few Simple Truths: Testimony by Jim Albertini

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 draft2 EIS) in State Conservation zoned protected land.

2. Depleted Uranium (DU) is just one of many toxins used at the 132,000+ 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. A comprehensive, independent investigation of all toxins at PTA is needed, not the military mongoose telling us that everything if OK in the Big Island hen house.

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. The military says “many fire records prior to 2012 have been lost.” (p. 354) One year before the Lahaina fire, a fire started at PTA burned more than 17,700 acres, including more than 12,400 acres outside of PTA , destroying endangered native species. PTA has the highest concentration of endangered species of any US Army installation in the world.

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. The US Army secretly tested chemical, biological, and deadly sarin nerve gas agents on leased lands in Hawaii’s watershed (Waiakea Forest Area). The military secret tests were repeatedly denied, but later confirmed. People spoke up in protest and the lease was canceled.

5. Claims of US owned lands at Pohakuloa are misleading. Most lands at PTA, like the 84,000 acres that includes the live fire impact area were not purchased, but simply seized by an Executive order (EO. along with the 758 acres that includes the main base Cantonment area and Bradshaw Air field. Kaho’olawe was also seized by an Executive Order and finally returned by a new Executive Order.

     Learn more: Read the PTA Environmental Impact Statement here to submit comments in writing by mail, email. Deadline is June 7, 2024. https://home.army.mil/hawaii/ptaeis/project-home For more detailed testimony by Jim Albertini on the Pohakuloa EIS see https://malu-aina.org/?p=10069 Also See the 11-minute video — How the Army Got to Bomb Hawaii For $1  https://youtu.be/-nsn4Sxy8r8 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

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.

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May 17, 2024, Hilo Peace Vigil leaflet – week 1181 – Fridays 3:30-5 PM downtown Post Office 

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