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By their own laws the US cannot simply walk in and take Hawaiian land titles and erase the word "Royal" and replace it with "United States" Patent.They and the fake state of Hawai`i have never had "Clear Title" since Jan 17, 1893. They have all known this for a long time.The only way the United States will ever be able to get clear title to the Hawaiian Islands is if Hawaiians give it to them.This is why title to the Hawaiian Islands never transferred to the United States by the Newlands resolution.The Newlands resolution relied on a treaty of Annexation from the republic of Hawai`i. But the republic never owned title because the Kingdom of Hawai`i never gave it to them.But now they have a plan - they're going to get Hawaiians to give title to them.How Will They Do That?They're going to register a majority of Hawaiians to sign onto the Office of Hawaiian Affairs Kau Inoa roll.They are going to get the Akaka bill passed, which creates a "Native Hawaiian Governing Entity."They are going to get Hawaiians to elect officers to that government.They are going to make sure those governing documents give the officers of the government the authority to give away title in negotiations.They are going to get the majority of Hawaiians on the Kau Inoa roll to vote for the new governing documents to reorganize the Hawaiian government.That government authorized and approved by the majority of Hawaiians is going to sit down at the negotiating table with the United States and trade land title for cash and benefits.Many people believe that only the Kingdom of Hawai`i is authorized to give a way title to the Hawaiian Islands,and they are correct, but only as long as the kingdom remains intact.If the majority of its subjects revolt by forming a new government, the kingdom no longer exists.This is the effect of popular revolution. The Akaka bill is only the bait. The hook is the formation of a new government and the negotiations between the US and the new government.As long as Hawaiians don't bite the bait, the hook is harmless.The Akaka bill is not intended to settle any claims. The bill does not tell Hawaiians, but asks them to form a government that can and will extinguish Hawaiians claims.
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HOW HEALTHY ARE HAWAIIANS TODAY?

Hawaiians suffer the worst health profile in Hawai`i.While rates of death from heart disease, cancer, stroke and diabetes have decreased for non-Hawaiians, they have increased, sometimes dramatically, for Hawaiians.Below 1 year of age, the Hawaiian death rate is more than double the overall official average.Between 1 and 4 years of age, it is triple the official figure, and so on into adulthood.Just under 20 percent of the population, we suffer 75 percent of the deaths for persons less than 18 years of age.
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ASK YOURSELF THESE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE AKAKA BILL

Have You Read It?Have You Had Input On It? Have You Been Educated On It & Been Given A Clear Explanation On The Pros & Cons? Were You Ever Asked If You Want It Or Not? Do You Even Know What The Current Version Is & How It Differs From Other Versions? Do You Identify Yourself As "Native American?"VISIT StopAkakaBill.com
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FREE HAWAI`I TVTHE FREE HAWAI`I BROADCASTING NETWORK"AKAKA BILL SOLUTION EVOLUTION" Has The Akaka Bill Been Wrong All Along?Is It Flawed & Just A Fraud?Is There Other Legislation That Could Protect Hawaiian Assets From Litigation?A New Law Politicians Could Craft So You Won't Get The Shaft?In Short, Is There A Better Plan Most Could Support?Watch & Find Out. Then Send This Video To One Other Person Today.
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Hawaiians mark key event in Hawaii history

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Kamehameha I unified the Islands 200 years ago

Many came to learn, to soak in the entertainment and the speeches encouraging NativeHawaiians to come together.
As scores of people converged on the grounds of 'Iolani Palace yesterday to mark the 200thanniversary of the unification of the Hawaiian Islands, many in attendancetalked about the need for today's Native Hawaiians to unite.
But several also acknowledged that bringing together the disparate Hawaiian groups won't beeasy.
"It's pretty hard with Hawaiians," said James Kimokeo, 86, a part-Hawaiian from Kaua'i. "They'vegot this idea they all have to be boss."
Yesterday's cultural festivities, which included a march from Thomas Square to the palace,also marked the annual commemoration of the 1893 overthrow of Queen Lili-'uokalani. The two-day event, billed as "Ho'okahi Lahui Hawai'i — One Nation1810-2010," was attended by hundreds.
"Everybody's trying for the same goal," Jay Enos of Wai'anae said of unification. "But theirpaths are different."
As traditionally clad marchers carrying independence banners and other implements marched towardthe palace, Enos said he didn't attend yesterday's event to "see who's right orwrong. I'm here because I'm Hawaiian."
Shannon Foster, who was next to Enos, said she came to learn about the overthrow and how itaffected her ancestry. The pair are part Hawaiian.
With the Akaka bill currently before Congress — and its chances of passage considered improvedbecause President Obama has indicated he will sign it — several Hawaiians at thepalace grounds said unification is more pressing than ever.
The federal legislation, named for its author, Sen. Daniel Akaka, would establish a processfor Native Hawaiian self-governance.
"We want to unite Hawai'i," said Charlotte Lyman, 65, of Kane'ohe, but she added that she didn'tthink the Akaka bill was the way to do it.
Kimokeo likewise had his reservations, saying the legislation would take away too much controlfrom Hawaiians. "We don't want somebody telling us what to do," hesaid.

Citation issued

A similar sentiment was voiced in the diamondhead-makai corner of the palace groundsyesterday afternoon when enforcement officers from the Department of Land andNatural Resources tried to confiscate a tentlike shelter erected by the HawaiianIndependence Action Alliance.
Two or three times, the officers tried to take down the tent because the group did not have apermit, but each time the crowd would encircle it and prevent the officers fromdoing so, according to witnesses.
Finally, the officers issued a citation for violating palace regulations.
"This is ridiculous," George Kahumoku Flores, who refused to sign the citation presentedby the officers, said later in an interview. "This is our right to be here. It'ssovereign land."
After the officers left and a potentially volatile situation was defused, Sam Kaleleike spoke tothose gathered near the tent and reminded them of the theme of the day: to bringall people together.
"Whatever your differences, leave them outside," he told the crowd as they joined hands andformed a large circle.
Reach Rob Perez at rperez@honoluluadvertiser.com.


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Ho`okahi Lahui Hawai`i - One Nation

Mahalo to Henry Noa and the Lawful Hawaiian Government for sponsoring and allowing all of us to celebrate the 200 years of unification of the Kingdom. Great Hawaiian Food, Speeches and Entertainment. Mahalo to Sam Keli'iho'omalu of Kalapana and Kapali from Maui for sharing their musical Talents. Also to Mahea and Hina for sharing their hula talents as well. E ola mau Na Kanaka Maoli o keia 'aina.
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All this weekend the bicentennial of the Hawaiian Kingdom is being observed.Sponsored by the Lawful Hawaiian Government, Ho`okahi Lahui Hawai`i is a call to reunite all native Hawaiians, Kingdom Nationals and supporters.Central to today’s events is a 9 AM march in Honolulu from Thomas Square to `Iolani Palace. Everyone is encouraged to take part and express your support for a Free Hawai`i.Is there a fast, easy Akaka bill fix that most could support? Find out this coming Wednesday on Free Hawai`i TV.Voices Of Truth now airs in Salem, Massachusetts. See our schedule below for airdates and times.A star was born last August when Shelly Muneoka ignited the 50th star during the Hawai`i Fake State protest. Shelly’s one of many upcoming Hawai`I National activists making a difference. See what we mean all this week on Hawai`i’s award winning Voices Of Truth – One-On-One With Hawai`i’s Future.MONDAY, January 18th At 6:30 PM Maui – Akaku, Channel 53MONDAY, January 18th At 7:00 PM & FRIDAY, January 22nd At 5:30 PM Hawai`i Island – Na Leo, Channel 53THURSDAY, January 21st At 8:30 PM & FRIDAY, January 22nd At 8:30 AM - Kaua`i – Ho`ike, Channel 52SATURDAY, January 23rd At 8:00 PM O`ahu, `Olelo, Channel 53“Star Power – A Visit With Shelly Muneoka”It was baptism by fire - literally. She was the one photographed burning the 50th star after it was cut from the American flag in last year’s Hawai`i Fake State protest. And it’s no wonder. “I’ve felt strongly about Hawai`i’s independence my whole life,” Shelly says. It was her first act of protest, but certainly not her last. Watch and you’ll find out why - See It HereWatch Voices Of Truth in Salem, Massachusetts - Channel 3 - MONDAY, January 11th At 10:00 PM TUESDAY, January 12th At 10:30 AM Voices Of Truth interviews those creating a better future for Hawai`i to discover what made them go from armchair observers to active participants. We hope you'll be inspired to do the same. If you support our issues on the Free Hawai`i Broadcasting Network, please email this to a friend to help us continue. A donation today helps further our work. Every single penny counts. Donating is easy on our Voices Of Truth website via PayPal where you can watch Voices Of Truth anytime. For news and issues that affect you, watch Free Hawai`i TV, a part of the Free Hawai`i Broadcasting Network. Please share our Free Hawai`i Broadcasting Network videos with friends and colleagues. That's how we grow. Mahalo.
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du-1.gifhttp://disappearednews.com/2010/01/army-nuclear-regulatory-commission.htmlFriday, January 15, 2010Army, Nuclear Regulatory Commission willing to shove 299 pounds of depleted uranium down Hawaii throats and lungsby Larry GellerThe Army on Nov. 6, 2008, applied before the NRC for a license to possess and manage depleted uranium at nine -military installations, including Pohakuloa and Oahu's Schofield Barracks.Jim Albertini, Cory Harden, Isaac Harp and Luwella Leonardi are opposing the license. They contend that the weak radioactive material left over after enriched uranium is removed is toxic and harmful to humans when vaporized and inhaled. [Hawaii Tribune-Herald, Testimony heard on DU request, 1/14/2010)]Although the videoconference hearing did not seem to go the way Big Island and Oahu advocates may have hoped, according to the Hawaii Tribune-Herald report, it did set down some scary facts.The hearing was in Maryland with videoconference link to UH Hilo. The complete story is in the article, but I found this portion particularly of concern:The judges also asked tough questions of Lt. Col. Kent Herring of the Army Environmental Litigation Division. Herring said the 714 rounds [shipped to Hawaii] represented 299 pounds of depleted uranium, assuming 6.7 ounces per round.Judge Anthony J. Baratta, who holds a doctorate in nuclear physics, told Herring that the 714 rounds "is probably the minimum amount you can substantiate" and said the upper limit was likely 2,120 rounds.So there is someplace between 299 and 888 pounds of depleted uranium on the Big Island, lying loose in the environment.That stuff needs to be taken away.Snipped from the Wikipedia :Multiple studies using cultured cells and laboratory rodents suggest the possibility of leukemogenic, genetic, reproductive, and neurological effects from chronic exposure. A 2005 epidemiology review concluded: "In aggregate the human epidemiological evidence is consistent with increased risk of birth defects in offspring of persons exposed to DU." The World Health Organization states that no consistent risk of reproductive, developmental, or carcinogenic effects have been reported in humans. However, the objectivity of this report has been called into question.More (you can read the entire article for a complete rundown):Normal functioning of the kidney, brain, liver, heart, and numerous other systems can be affected by uranium exposure, because in addition to being weakly radioactive, uranium is a toxic metal. The chemical toxicity of depleted uranium is about a million times greater in vivo than its radiological hazard. Health effects of DU are determined by factors such as the extent of exposure and whether it was internal or external. Three main pathways exist by which internalization of uranium may occur: inhalation, ingestion, and embedded fragments or shrapnel contamination. Properties such as phase (e.g. particulate or gaseous), oxidation state (e.g. metallic or ceramic), and the solubility of uranium and its compounds influence their absorption, distribution, translocation, elimination and the resulting toxicity. For example, metallic uranium is relatively non-toxic compared to hexavalent uranium(VI) uranyl compounds such as uranium trioxide.The Wikipedia article also described studies that claimed to show no toxic effects. I say “claimed to show” because the studies were conducted by defense-connected agencies. Do I trust them? Not for a minute. Again, it is best to refer to the complete article.In any case, why should anyone in Hawaii want to tolerate the dispersal of 299 or 888 pounds of DU in the environment? Let’s see what decision is handed down next month.
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HO`OKAHI LAHUI HAWAI`I SUNDAY MARCH ROUTE

HO`OKAHI LAHUI HAWAI`I SUNDAY MARCH ROUTE

March begins 9 AM

• The route begins at Thomas Square and proceeds west on Beretania to the Capitol Building (using sidewalk & 2 road lanes)

• Walk thru the Capitol Rotunda to Queen Lili`uokalani’s Statue and stop for Observance Ceremony

• Turn East and walk toward Punchbowl St.

• Turn Right on Punchbowl Street and walk toward King Street - key marchers enter Kawaiahao Church grounds for Lunalilio Tomb Ceremony;

• Access onto King Street and turn right toward King Kamehameha’s Statue for Observance Ceremony;

• Cross at the King Street crosswalk and into the main gate of ‘Iolani Palace.

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HAWAIIAN KINGDOM BICENTENNIAL TO BE OBSERVED

“A Nation Reunited” Theme of `Iolani Palace EventA two-day event marking the bicentennial of the Hawaiian Kingdom will be held at `Iolani Palace in Honolulu tomorrow and Sunday.Sponsored by the Lawful Hawaiian Government, Ho`okahi Lahui Hawai`i - One Nation, is a call to reunite native Hawaiians and others. “This is a call to all our Kanaka Maoli people and Kingdom nationals to rally together to remember our collective history and plan our future,” states Lawful Hawaiian Government Prime Minister Henry Noa. “Enough talking – it’s time to start doing.”2010 Marks 200 years since Hawai`i became a nation, when Kamehameha the Great united the Hawaiian Islands in 1810. January 17, 1893 marks the illegal overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom by the United States and a handful of wealthy foreign sugar barons.“With the Akaka bill looming, it’s time to stand together as one people,” remarks Noa. “We demand our country and our future back.”With the whitewash of facts of the illegal overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom by American history books, “Ho`okahi Lahui Hawai`i - One Nation,” will reconnect Hawaiian Kingdom subjects with each other as well as their relationship to the Kingdom, which has been under prolonged illegal occupation by the US.Expected to draw large crowds, this two-day event is free, open to the public, and will include hula, live music, cultural ceremonies arts and crafts, an essay and poem competition, and a march on Sunday morning.
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January 14, 2010 CounterPunchBefore and After the QuakeThe Incapacitation of HaitiBy ASHLEY SMITHA devastating earthquake, the worst in 200 years, struck Port-au-Prince on Tuesday, laying waste to the city and killing untold numbers of people. The quake measured 7.0 on the Richter scale, and detonated more than 30 aftershocks, all more than 4.5 in magnitude, through the night and into Wednesday morning.The earthquake toppled poorly constructed houses, hotels, hospitals and even the capital city's main political buildings, including the presidential palace. The collapse of so many structures sent a giant cloud into the sky, which hovered over the city, raining dust down onto the wasteland below.According to some estimates, more than 100,000 people may have died, in a metropolis of 2 million people. Those that survived are living in the streets, afraid to return inside any building that remains standing.Around the world, Haitians struggled to contact their family and friends in the devastated country. But most could not reach their loved ones since phone lines were down throughout the country.* * *WHILE MOST people reacted to the crisis by trying to find a way to help or donate money, Christian Right fanatic Pat Robertson stooped to new depths of racism. He explained that Haitians were cursed because they made a pact with the devil to liberate themselves from their French slave masters in the Haitian revolution two centuries ago.The corporate media at least reported that shifting tectonic plates along a fault line underneath Port-au-Prince caused the earthquake--and that Haiti's poverty and the incapacity of the Préval government made the disaster so much worse. But they didn't delve below the surface."The media coverage of the earthquake is marked by an almost complete divorce of the disaster from the social and political history of Haiti," Canadian Haiti Solidarity Activist Yves Engler said in an interview. "They repeatedly state that the government was completely unprepared to deal with the crisis. This is true. But they left out why."Why were 60 percent of the buildings in Port-au-Prince shoddily constructed and unsafe in normal circumstances, according to the city's mayor? Why are there no building regulations in a city that sits on a fault line? Why has Port-au-Prince swelled from a small town of 50,000 in the 1950s to a population of 2 million desperately poor people today? Why was the state completely overwhelmed by the disaster?To understand these facts, we have to look at a second fault line--U.S. imperial policy toward Haiti. The U.S. government, the UN, and other powers have aided the Haitian elite in subjecting the country to neoliberal economic plans that have impoverished the masses, deforested the land, wrecked the infrastructure and incapacitated the government.The fault line of U.S. imperialism interacted with the geological one to turn the natural disaster into a social catastrophe.During the Cold War, the U.S. supported the dictatorships of Papa Doc Duvalier and then Baby Doc Duvalier--which ruled the country from 1957 to 1986--as an anti-communist counter-weight to Castro's Cuba nearby.Under guidance from Washington, Baby Doc Duvalier opened the Haitian economy up to U.S. capital in the 1970s and 1980s. Floods of U.S. agricultural imports destroyed peasant agriculture. As a result, hundred of thousands of people flocked to the teeming slums of Port-au-Prince to labor for pitifully low wages in sweatshops located in U.S. export processing zones.In the 1980s, masses of Haitians rose up to drive the Duvaliers from power--later, they elected reformer Jean-Bertrand Aristide to be president on a platform of land reform, aid to peasants, reforestation, investment in infrastructure for the people, and increased wages and union rights for sweatshop workers.The U.S. in turn backed a coup that drove Aristide from power in 1991. Eventually, the elected president was restored to power in 1994 when Bill Clinton sent U.S. troops to the island--but on the condition that he implement the U.S. neoliberal plan--which Haitians called the "plan of death."Aristide resisted parts of the U.S. program for Haiti, but implemented other provisions, undermining his hoped-for reforms. Eventually, though, the U.S. grew impatient with Aristide's failure to obey completely, especially when he demanded $21 billion in reparations during his final year in office. The U.S. imposed an economic embargo that strangled the country, driving peasants and workers even deeper into poverty.In 2004, Washington collaborated with Haiti's ruling elite to back death squads that toppled the government, kidnapped and deported Aristide. The United Nations sent troops to occupy the country, and the puppet government of Gérard Latortue was installed to continue Washingotn's neoliberal plans.Latortue's brief regime was utterly corrupt--he and his cronies pocketed large portions of the $4 billion poured into the country by the U.S. and other powers when they ended their embargo. The regime dismantled the mild reforms Aristide had managed to implement. Thus, the pattern of impoverishment and degradation of the country's infrastructure accelerated.In 2006 elections, the Haitian masses voted in longtime Aristide ally René Préval as president. But Préval has been a weak figure who collaborated with U.S. plans for the country and failed to address the growing social crisis.In fact, the U.S., UN and other imperial powers effectively bypassed the Préval government and instead poured money into NGOs. "Haiti now has the highest per capita presence of NGOs in the world," says Yves Engler. The Préval government has become a political fig leaf, behind which the real decisions are made by the imperial powers, and implemented through their chosen international NGOs.* * *THE REAL state power isn't the Préval government, but the U.S.-backed United Nations occupation. Under Brazilian leadership, UN forces have protected the rich and collaborated with--or turned a blind eye to--right-wing death squads who terrorize supporters of Aristide and his Lavalas Party.The occupiers have done nothing to address the poverty, wrecked infrastructure and massive deforestation that have exacerbated the effects of a series of natural disasters--severe hurricanes in 2004 and 2008, and now the Port-au-Prince earthquake.Instead, they merely police a social catastrophe, and in so doing, have committed the normal crimes characteristic of all police forces. As Dan Beeton wrote in NACLA Report on the Americas, "The UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (Minustah), which began its mission in June 2004, has been marred by scandals of killings, rape, and other violence by its troops almost since it began."First the Bush administration and now the Obama administration have used the coup and social and natural crises to expand the U.S.'s neoliberal economic plans.Under Obama, the U.S. has granted Haiti $1.2 billion in debt relief, but it hasn't canceled all of Haiti's debt--the country still pays huge sums to the Inter-American Development Bank. The debt relief is classic window-dressing for Obama's real Haiti policy, which is the same old Haiti policy.In close collaboration with the new UN Special Envoy to Haiti, former President Bill Clinton, Obama has pushed for an economic program familiar to much of the rest of the Caribbean--tourism, textile sweatshops, and weakening of state control of the economy through privatization and deregulation.In particular, Clinton has orchestrated a plan for turning the north of Haiti into a tourist playground, as far away as possible from the teeming slums of Port-au-Prince. Clinton lured Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines into investing $55 million to build a pier along the coastline of Labadee, which it has leased until 2050.From there, Haiti's tourist industry hopes to lead expeditions to the mountaintop fortress Citadelle and the Palace of Sans Souci, both built by Henri Cristophe, one of the leaders of Haiti's slave revolution. According to the Miami Herald:The $40 million plan involved transforming the now quaint town of Milot, home to the Citadelle and Palace of Sans Souci ruin, into a vibrant tourist village, with arts and crafts markets, restaurants and stoned streets. Guests would be ferried past a congested Cap-Haïtien to a bay, then transported by bus past peasant plantations. Once in Milot, they would either hike or horseback to the Citadelle...named a world heritage site in 1982...Eco-tourism, archaeological exploration and voyeuristic visits to Vodou rituals are all being touted by Haiti's struggling boutique tourism industry, as Royal Caribbean plans to bring the world largest cruise ship here, sparking the need for excursions.So while Pat Robertson denounces Haiti's great slave revolution as a pact with the devil, Clinton is helping to reduce it to a tourist trap.At the same time, Clinton's plans for Haiti include an expansion of the sweatshop industry to take advantage of cheap labor available from the urban masses. The U.S. granted duty-free treatment for Haitian apparel exports to make it easy for sweatshops to return to Haiti.Clinton celebrated the possibilities of sweatshop development during a whirlwind tour of a textile plant owned and operated by the infamous Cintas Corp. He announced that George Soros had offered $50 million for a new industrial park of sweatshops that could create 25,000 jobs in the garment industry. Clinton explained at a press conference that Haiti's government could create "more jobs by lowering the cost of doing business, including the cost of rent."As TransAfrica founder Randall Robinson told Democracy Now! "That isn't the kind of investment that Haiti needs. It needs capital investment. It needs investment so that it can be self-sufficient. It needs investment so that it can feed itself."One of the reasons why Clinton could be so unabashed in celebrating sweatshops is that the U.S.-backed coup repressed any and all resistance. It got rid of Aristide and his troublesome habit of raising the minimum wage. It banished him from the country, terrorized his remaining allies and barred his political party, Fanmi Lavalas, the most popular in the country, from running for office. The coup regime also attacked union organizers within the sweatshops themselves.As a result, Clinton could state to business leaders: "Your political risk in Haiti is lower than it has ever been in my lifetime."Thus, as previous U.S. presidencies have done before, the Obama administration has worked to aid Haiti's elite, sponsor international corporations taking advantage of cheap labor, weaken the ability of the Haitian state to regulate the society, and repress any political resistance to that agenda.* * *THESE POLICIES led directly to the incapacitated Haitian state, dilapidated infrastructure, poorly constructed buildings and desperate poverty that combined with the hurricanes and now the earthquake to turn natural disasters into social catastrophes.While everyone should support the current outpouring of aid to help Haiti, no one should do so with political blinders on. As Engler said:Aid in Haiti has always been used to further imperial interests. This is obvious when you look at how the U.S. and Canada treated the Aristide government in contrast to the coup regime. The U.S. and Canada starved Aristide of almost all aid. But then after the coup, they opened a floodgate of money to back some of the most reactionary forces in Haitian society.We should therefore agitate against any attempt by the U.S. and other powers to use this crisis to further impose their program on a prostrate country.We should also be wary of the role of international NGOs. While many NGOs are trying to address the crisis, the U.S. and other governments are funneling aid to them in order to undermine Haitians' democratic right to self-determination. The international NGOs are unaccountable to either the Haitian state or Haitian population. So the aid funneled through them further weakens what little hold Haitians have on their own society.The Obama administration should also immediately lift the ban against Aristide's return to Haiti, as well as the political ban on his party, Fanmi Lavalas, from participating in the electoral process. After all, a known drug criminal and coup leader, Guy Philippe, and his party Front for National Reconstruction (FRN) has been allowed to participate in the electoral process. Aristide and his party, by contrast, are still the most popular political force in the country and should have the right to participate in an open and fair vote.The U.S. should also stop deportations of Haitians who have fled their crisis-torn country and grant Temporary Protected Status to Haitian refugees. That would allow any Haitians who have fled the political and social crisis since the coup, the hurricanes and now the earthquake to remain legally in the U.S.On top of that, we must demand that the U.S. stop imposing its neoliberal plans. The U.S. has plundered Haitian society for decades. Instead of Haiti owing any debt to the U.S., other countries or international financial institutions, the reverse is the case. The U.S., France, Canada and the UN owe the people of Haiti reparations to redress the imperial plunder of the country.With these funds and political space, Haitians would be finally able to begin shaping their own political and economic future--the dream of the great slave revolution 200 years ago.Ashley Smith writes for the Socialist Worker, where this originally appeared. He can be reached at: ashley05401@yahoo.com
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Ten Things the US Can and Should Do for Haiti

Published on Thursday, January 14, 2010 by CommonDreams.orgTen Things the US Can and Should Do for Haitiby Bill QuigleyOne. Allow all Haitians in the US to work. The number one source of money for poor people in Haiti is the money sent from family and workers in the US back home. Haitians will continue to help themselves if given a chance. Haitians in the US will continue to help when the world community moves on to other problems.Two. Do not allow US military in Haiti to point their guns at Haitians. Hungry Haitians are not the enemy. Decisions have already been made which will militarize the humanitarian relief - but do not allow the victims to be cast as criminals. Do not demonize the people.Three. Give Haiti grants as help, not loans. Haiti does not need any more debt. Make sure that the relief given helps Haiti rebuild its public sector so the country can provide its own citizens with basic public services.Four. Prioritize humanitarian aid to help women, children and the elderly. They are always moved to the back of the line. If they are moved to the back of the line, start at the back.Five. President Obama can enact Temporary Protected Status for Haitians with the stroke of a pen. Do it. The US has already done it for El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Sudan and Somalia. President Obama should do it on Martin Luther King Day.Six. Respect Human Rights from Day One. The UN has enacted Guiding Principles for Internally Displaced People. Make them required reading for every official and non-governmental person and organization. Non governmental organizations like charities and international aid groups are extremely powerful in Haiti - they too must respect the human dignity and human rights of all people.Seven. Apologize to the Haitian people everywhere for Pat Robertson and Rush Limbaugh.Eight. Release all Haitians in US jails who are not accused of any crimes. Thirty thousand people are facing deportations. No one will be deported to Haiti for years to come. Release them on Martin Luther King day.Nine. Require that all the non-governmental organizations which raise money in the US be transparent about what they raise, where the money goes, and insist that they be legally accountable to the people of Haiti.Ten. Treat all Haitians as we ourselves would want to be treated.Bill is Legal Director at the Center for Constitutional Rights and a law professor at Loyola University New Orleans. He is a Katrina survivor and has been active in human rights in Haiti for years with the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti. Quigley77@gmail.com [1]
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Please join the Hawai'i Pono'i Coalition in this annual event that observes the wrongful overthrow of Queen Lili'uokalani. Sponsored by the Native Hawaiian Bar Association and the Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation.
Hawai'i Pono'ï: Hawaiian Patriotism
Lunch hour observance marks the wrongful
overthrow of Queen Lili'uokalani
January 19, 2010
What: A lunch hour concert featuring mele lähui with Leon
Siu, Jon Osorio & Ikaika Hussey and Kupa'aina.
Where: Tamarind Park at Bishop Square (Bishop and King)
When: Tuesday, January 19, 2010
12:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Sponsored by the Native Hawaiian Bar Association and the Native Hawaiian
Legal Corporation
Presented by the Hawai'i Ponoÿï Coalition
Hawai'i Pono'ï is the title of the Hawai'i National Anthem written by King
Kaläkaua in 1874. Literally translated "Hawai'i's own," Hawai'i Pono'ï
connects us to the history of the Islands and the heritage of its Indigenous
people, a heritage that enriches us all. The Hawai'i Pono'ï Coalition was
formed to educate those who choose to live in and visit the islands about
Hawai'is true history, and the culture that makes Hawai'i a place like no
other.
`O ka poe i aloha i ka`äina
the people who love the land
For more information contact:
Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation
521-2302
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THIS WEEKEND - A NATION REUNITEDHawaiian Kingdom BicentennialWhat - Ho`okahi Lahui Hawai`iWhen - All Day Saturday & Sunday, Jan. 16 & 17Where - `Iolani Palace Grounds & Thomas Square, Honolulu, Hawai`iVisit HookahiLahuiHawaii.org For More InfoPublic Invited To This Free Event
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The Vatican against indigenous religion

James Cameron's film "Avatar" has been receiving all types of criticism. The typical Hollywood story where the White man initially infiltrates the natives in order to get them to move so that they can obtain precious resources found in the natives' land, who later feels guilty & in the process loses trust from the natives once the betrayal is uncovered. But in the process of making a wrong right, he usurps the native antagonist & as always the antagonist is only portrayed as lacking the leadership ability & knowledge, something that only the White protagonist possesses. In the end, the White comes out as the hero of all the natives, he becomes beloved & a part of their tribe.This is a continuing theme in Hollywood movies both in non-fiction like with the recent Barbarian Princess movie or The New World as well as in fiction movies such as Dances with Wolves and Avatar. The plotline is aliens unspoiled planet and humans who want to pillage their resources reminiscent of past coloniztion and wars. Of course anyone can see that it is only told from the perspective of a Haole, that just reinforces that "White Messiah" fable. But James Cameron says that the real theme is about respecting others' differences.Recently the Vatican has expressed their concerns on the movie's theme, but it may not what you might expect. They criticized the film for flirting with the idea that worship of nature can replace religion, a notion that the Pope warned against. They didn't like the idea that it was man versus nature, and the Vatican's paper said that the film "gets bogged down by a spiritualism linked to the worship of nature." The Vatican radio said it "cleverly winks at all those pseudo-doctrines that turn ecology into the religion of the millennium. Nature is no longer a creation to defend, but a divinity to worship."They say that they do reflect the Pope's views on the dangers of turning nature into a "new divinity". Although the Pope was nicknamed the green pope for being outspoken on protecting the environment, he warned against turning environmentalism into neo-paganism.In a recent World Day of Peace mesage, the pontiff warned against notions equating human beings with other living things in the name of a "supposedly egalitarian vision", that notions, "open the way to new pantheism tinged with neo-paganism, which would see the source of man's salvation in nature alone, understood in purely naturalistic terms."The Pope explained it should not lead to "absolute nature" or "considering it more important than the human person."It's as if the missionaries never left! The continued belief that for us as Kanaka 'Oiwi, as well as all indigenous people out there, that our ways of worship, stressing value on ka 'aina, our brethren along with aspects of nature such as the winds, the oceans, the mountains, the trees, all of which are essential to Hawaiian beliefs. "Pagan" apparently is how we are continued to be viewed, and NEO-pagan for those wanting to see and understand our ways.We're talking about something natural for us, something that we've always had a strong belief in. Not just us, but this goes for other indigenous people where the belief in a harmonious relationship with mother earth is more than just about protection, it's about the long, everlasting relationship we've had since the beginning. Compare that to the very, very young christian faith that is only 2 thousand years old. Not to mention prior to christianity, particularly in the Italian peninsula, Rome to be exact, the type of worship they used to have with their multiple diety & idolation. How quickly they forget, yet quick to condemn the rest of us.And just when you thought only the Vatican was attacking it from an imposing, religious perspective. One right-wing's belief, was that it is a "revisionist western" in which "the indians became the good guys and the Americans the bad guys" and that it asks the audience "to root for the defeat of American soldiers at the hands of an insurgency." Of course "insurgency in the sense that they resist invasion. Sounds familiar? Ken Conklin's favorite word is REVISIONIST!Anyway, you can check out the 2 links, the first one covers the Vatican's views.http://movies.yahoo.com/news/movies.ap.org/vatican-says-avatar-no-masterpiece-aphttp://www.monbiot.com/archives/2010/01/11/the-holocaust-we-will-not-see
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