The Pacific Command (PACOM) opened a new Pacific Warfighting Center on Moku’ume’ume (aka Ford Island). Through earmarks and other plus up funding, Senator Inouye is again pushing military spending on construction and other infrastructure as a way to “lock in” the military in Hawai’i for the next several decades. Once the ‘foodbasket’ of O’ahu, Ke… Read more »
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Live-fire over Makua valley
As the Honolulu Weekly reported below, the community turned out to protest the Army’s plan to establish an Asia-Pacific Fusion Counter-IED center at Makua. Like a pimp, the Army is soliciting other countries to use and abuse Makua. Stars and Stripes reported that in Thailand during “Cobra Gold” joint military exercises, “U.S. Army Pacific officials… Read more »
Protests start off the National Security Studies colloquium
http://www.kaleo.org/protests-start-off-the-national-security-studies-colloquium-1.2149380 Protests start off the National Security Studies colloquium By JUNGHEE LEE News Co-Editor Published: Thursday, February 11, 2010 Junghee Lee Protesters gathered infront of the Korean Studies building yesterday morning to convey their distrust with the CIA’s presence on campus. A group of about six protestors gathered together and protested against the colloquium National… Read more »
Protest at UH Challenges Intelligence Community Centers of Academic Excellence & CIA Campus Recruitment
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/node/50041 Protest at the University of HI Challenges Intelligence Community Centers of Academic Excellence & CIA Campus Recruitment 2010-02-12 04:39 By Ann Wright Hawaii activists protested on February 10, 2010, the University of Hawaii’s participation with U.S. intelligence agencies in a symposium on national security and called on students and faculty to remember the criminal… Read more »
I Kareran I Palåbran Måmi (The Journey of Our Words)
WHAT: I Kareran I Palåbran Måmi (The Journey of Our Words) WHO: Poets, Angela T. Hoppe-Cruz (MSW/MA Pacific Islands Studies Candidate) & Kisha Borja-Kicho`cho` (MA Pacific Island Studies Candidate). Both women are Chamoru and were born and raised on the island of Guåhan (Guam). WHERE: University of Hawai`i at Mānoa, Campus Center, Executive Dining Room… Read more »
Hawai’i has highest concentration of nuclear submarines
http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20100207/NEWS01/2070354?source=rss_localnews Posted on: Sunday, February 7, 2010 Hawaii-based ‘silent service’ on never-ending training regime ABOARD THE USS SANTA FE — Riding 60 feet under the ocean surface in a 6,900-ton nuclear submarine that’s longer than a football field, there is almost no sense of movement and very little noise. The only sound is an occasional… Read more »
Driving amphibious assault vehicles through ancient fishponds to help endangered birds?
The Marines will drive amphibious assault vehicles through Nu’upi’a ponds to remove invasive weeds and supposedly help create habitat for Ae’o, the endangered Hawaiian Stilt. And in doing so are spreading the seeds of the pickleweed. I wonder how the military was allowed to do this in an ancient Hawaiian fishpond. I can’t… Read more »
Malama Haloa – Educational Series on Hawaiian kalo and environment
MĀLAMA HĀLOA encourages opportunities for our community to become more familiar with traditional and modern ways of caring for Hāloa. The 4-day event will include presentations by respected practitioners who will share intimate knowledge of their practice. Topics include: Rare Plant Preservation by Nellie Sugii Wednesday, March 31, 2010 – 1:30 pm Lyon Arboretum –… Read more »
Researcher warns: Right wing “populist moment” could get worse
Message to the Left: stop whining and organize! Last night in Honolulu, Chip Berlet, senior researcher of Right wing movements for Political Research Associates and veteran organizer, spoke about the Right wing populism in the U.S. and its current resurgence in the so-called “Tea Party movement” and attacks on President Obama. He described the history… Read more »
UPDATED: Rise Up! Roots of Liberation – Youth Camp for Justice and Peace
UPDATE: Thanks to a special gift from the Hawai’i Peoples Fund, we able to offer a $150 stipend to participants who successfully complete the program. DEADLINE EXTENDED TO MARCH 1st, 2010 youth camp for justice and peace March 15 – 19, 2010 Camp Kokokahi, Kane’ohe Who: Youth ages 15 – 19 with a passion… Read more »
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