Hawaii

I Am Making Up For The Years In A Government That Did Harm

September 30, 2026 Erik Berge, Popular Resistance. Resist! Ann Wright, Bike for Peace, Hawaii, Nuclear Weapons

Honolulu, 29 September. When Bike for Peace landed in Hawaiʻi on Tuesday, retired Colonel Ann Wright was waiting at the airport with leis. Over dinner the same evening, Tore Nærland put her in the interview chair. Ann Wright served as an officer in the United States Army and then for sixteen years as a diplomat in the State Department. In March 2003 she was one of three American diplomats who resigned in protest before the Iraq war began. “I thought the pending war in Iraq was one of the stupidest things that I ever heard of. It had nothing to do with 9/11. They didn’t have weapons of mass destruction,” she said.

Busting The Myths Of The US Military’s Presence In Hawai‘i

September 22, 2026 David Vine, Heidi Peltier and Omar Ocampo, The Diplomat. Educate! Hawaii, Occupation, US military, US military bases

In the middle of the Pacific Ocean, the U.S. military’s future in Hawai‘i has become a topic of growing debate given the upcoming expiration of leases for around 46,000 acres of military base land. The armed forces leased the lands from the state of Hawai‘i in the 1960s for 65 years at a token fee of $1. The leases start expiring in 2028. Some unsurprisingly want to see these territories returned. The U.S. military played a key role in seizing indigenous lands after overthrowing the Hawaiian monarchy in the 19th century. The military still occupies around 25 percent of the most populated island, O‘ahu, and a larger proportion of the state of Hawai‘i – 5.6 percent – compared to any other state.

The Effects Of The 1.5 Trillion Dollar Bloated War Budget On Hawaii

July 27, 2026 U.S. Army Colonel (Ret) Ann Wright, Popular Resistance. Educate! Congress, Hawaii, NDAA 2027, Pentagon Budget, US military

The U.S. “defense” budget is out of control, unsustainable and absent of accountability. Now, the U.S. House of Representatives has agreed to a 50% increase in the defense budget to $1.5 trillion. The Senate must approve it and will consider the massive DOD budget when they return from the August summer recess. The Pentagon cannot tell the American taxpayer where past mega-funding went, as it has unable to pass a financial audit as required by law -- something every other department of the federal government is able to do, nor will it be able to handle a budget twice as big as the previous year’s.

33% Of NATO Countries Have Military Forces In The PACIFIC With RIMPAC

July 6, 2026 Colonel (Ret) Ann Wright, Popular Resistance. Educate! Hawaii, NATO, RIMPAC, Wars and Miliitarism

With the 32 North ATLANTIC Treaty Organization (NATO) member countries in Ankara, Turkey for their annual meeting this week, July 7 and 8, many of the militaries of NATO countries are half-way around the world in the PACIFIC ocean in war preparation maneuvers. 10 NATO countries, almost one-third of all NATO countries, have sent military forces, land, air and sea, to Hawaii to participate in the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC), 38 day (June 24-July 31, 2026) war drills. 40 naval vessels, headed by the U.S. aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt, 5 submarines, 206 aircraft, land forces from 15 nations and over 30,000 military personnel.

Hawaii Hosts International War Games; Residents Question Costs Of Militarism

July 6, 2026 Jon Letman, Truthout. Resist! Hawaii, Militarization, Military Exercises, RIMPAC

This summer, military forces from 30 nations are gathering in Hawaii for Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2026, the world’s largest maritime exercise. For its organizers, RIMPAC isn’t just five weeks of trainings, drills, and live-fire exercises — it’s an opportunity to enhance coordination and communication (what the military calls “interoperability”), which they say is critical for military operations, humanitarian assistance, disaster response, and other contingencies. First held in 1971, the biennial RIMPAC includes 25,000 personnel, 40 surface ships, 5 submarines, and 140 aircraft. RIMPAC organizers say the exercise promotes regional stability and provides an economic boost for Hawaii.

Why Many In Hawai’i Won’t Celebrate 250th Anniversary Of The US

July 3, 2026 Colonel (Ret) Ann Wright, Popular Resistance. Resist! American Revolution, coup, Hawaii, History

Even though it’s the 250th Anniversary of the founding of the United States, many in Hawai’i, the 50th territory to “join”/acquire U.S. statehood, will not be celebrating. When you better know the history of how rich and greedy U.S. citizens, many descendants of the missionaries from the 1830s, conducted a coup that overthrew the government of the Kingdom of Hawaii in 1893 you will understand why for many in Hawai’I, both Hawaiians and settler-colonists like me, there will be no celebration on July 4th. Add to the coup, a go along U.S. Congress, similar to what we have today, that illegally “annexed” Hawai’i in 1898 through a “resolution.”

The US Military Is Intensifying Hawai’i’s Housing Affordability Crisis

May 29, 2026 Omar Ocampo, Inequality.org. Educate! Affordable Housing, Hawaii, Housing, US military

On the surface, the affordability crisis that afflicts both tenants and prospective homebuyers in Hawai’i appears to resemble those of other housing-stressed states across the country. With a shortage of housing units accessible to working-class households, a high concentration of short-term rentals, and a strong demand from wealthy and out-of-state buyers, an increasing number of Hawai’i’s residents are priced out of paradise and forced to migrate outwards in search of cheaper housing. But there is one element that makes Hawai’i’s housing market unique: the role of the U.S. military.

Hawaii Just Found A Way To Keep Corporations Out Of Politics

May 19, 2026 Harold Meyerson, Portside. Create! Citizens United, Corporations, Hawaii, Money in Politics, Politics and Policy, State legislature

At a time when giant tech companies and other corporate behemoths loom over our economic, social, and political life, the state of Hawaii has just found a way to limit their hold. Last Thursday, Gov. Josh Green signed into law the first piece of American legislation that curtails corporations’ ability to engage in electoral politics. It doesn’t—because it couldn’t—undo the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Citizens United, which holds that corporations have the right to spend their resources on political campaigns. That would require another Court ruling striking down Citizens United, or a constitutional amendment banning such spending.

Activists Protest Pacific Fleet Over Involvement In War On Iran

March 17, 2026 Colonel (Ret) Ann Wright, Popular Resistance. Resist! Hawaii, Iran, Pearl Harbor, US military, Wars and Militarism

Most people here in Hawai`i are completely unaware of how involved Hawai`i is in waging war, the completely illegitimate and illegal war on Iran. Thanks for Kevin Knodell for his excellent articles in the Honolulu Star Advertiser that reveal that Hawaii military bases are helping attack Iran. We need to remind U.S. military that they are committing war crimes and their souls will pay with the highest rates of suicides, domestic violence and drug use. On March 4th the USS Charlotte, a nuclear submarine based at Pearl Harbor, torpedoed and sank an Iranian frigate that was without ammunition and was returning from regional naval exercises sponsored by India similar to RIMPAC.

Hawai‘i Has Rare Opportunity To Reclaim Land From US Military

December 23, 2025 Christine Ahn and Davis Price, Truthout. Strategize! Hawaii, Landback Movement, Sovereignty, US military

Since 1964, the U.S. military has leased roughly 47,000 acres of land from the State of Hawai‘i — for a token $1. The leases, which account for 18 percent of military lands in Hawai‘i, are set to expire in 2029, offering Hawai‘i a rare opportunity to reclaim land from the war machine. As the expiration date looms, Hawai‘i residents are at a crossroads: remain a staging ground for U.S. imperialism or pivot toward community well‑being, environmental sustainability, and economic self‑determination. But that decision may arrive sooner than 2029.

US’ ‘Pivot To The Pacific’ Provides An ‘Opportunity’ To Fight Empire

August 3, 2025 Natalia Marques, People's Dispatch. Strategize! Asian Pivot, Decolonization, Hawaii, Independence, US Empire

“Our nations are caught in the middle,” of the massive US escalation in aggression towards China, says Kawenaʻulaokalā Kapahua. Kapahua is the Political Education Chair for Hui Aloha ʻĀina, a Hawaiian independence party originally established in 1893 to resist the US occupation of Hawai’i. To him, the US drive towards war can in fact present “a major opportunity to start building, not just with ourselves in Hawai’i, but also with our Pacific comrades, neighbors, and cousins, to start fighting back.” “Our ocean is the frontline in this Cold War between China and the United States,” Kapahua articulates.

Who Are The Real Terrorists?

July 8, 2025 Peter J. Greenhill, Popular Resistance. Educate! Hawaii, ICE, Mass Deportation, Trump Administration

Who are the real terrorists? That is one of the important questions we all need to be asking ourselves. It is a big challenge to write about this because every day there is a new deportation-related atrocity. Now the deportation problem is active even in peaceful Hawai`i, where I live, and the picture is hideous and cruel. The vicious effects of alarming, illegal, and lethal behavior by government agencies and departments, from the local to the federal level, are plain to see in this state, just as they are plain to see in almost every state. It is an ugly picture that we, the people, cannot allow. It is a reign of terror.

Wai Bill Becomes Law: Major Victory For Water Protectors

June 10, 2025 Healani, Sonoda-Pale, Popular Resistance. Resist! Environment, Hawaii, Legislature, Red Hill, Water Protectors

Honolulu, Hawaiʻi — After more than two years of steadfast community advocacy and legislative effort, the Water Alliance Initiative Act—addressing long term clean up and remediation of Oahu’s water and land and protecting the water source for over 400,000 residents—was signed into law on Friday, June 6, 2025, and is now officially Act 197 (Gov. Msg. No. 1297). This landmark law creates a WAI Policy Coordinator under the Department of Land and Natural Resources and establishes a Red Hill Remediation Special Fund to support long-term cleanup, monitoring, public education, and restoration of Oʻahu’s primary aquifer in the wake of the 2021 Red Hill fuel contamination crisis.

Rally Against Army’s Environmental Impact Statement For Pohakuloa

May 9, 2025 Marti Townsend, Popular Resistance. Resist! Environment, Hawaii, US military

Honolulu, HI – This Friday, May 9, at 8:00 AM, community members, cultural practitioners, and environmental advocates from across the paeʻāina will gather outside the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) ahead of the 9:00 am Board meeting at the Kalanimoku Building (1151 Punchbowl St., Honolulu) to demand the rejection of the U.S. Army’s Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the Pōhakuloa Training Area (PTA). The Army’s proposed retention of 23,000 acres of public, “ceded” lands on Hawaiʻi Island has generated widespread opposition. Community advocates say the FEIS is inadequate, failing to address decades of documented environmental destruction, cultural desecration, and health risks associated with military use—including the confirmed presence of depleted uranium, over 1,000 wildfires, and unremediated contamination.

Trump DOJ Sues To Block States From Holding Fossil Fuel Companies Accountable For Climate Crisis

May 5, 2025 Cristen Hemingway Jaynes, EcoWatch. Educate! climate crisis, DOJ, Donald Trump, Hawaii, Lawsuits, Michigan, New York City (NYC), Oil Companies, Vermont

The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) on Wednesday filed lawsuits against Michigan and Hawaii over their planned legal actions against fossil fuel companies for the harm their greenhouse gas emissions caused by contributing to the climate crisis. The lawsuits — which are unprecedented, according to legal experts — claim there is a conflict between the state actions and federal government authority, as well as President Donald Trump’s energy agenda. The justice department is also suing Vermont and New York over their “climate superfund laws.” “These burdensome and ideologically motivated laws and lawsuits threaten American energy independence and our country’s economic and national security,” said U.S. Attorney General Pamela Bondi in a press release from the DOJ.

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