It is a good time to remember a very
compelling story he did in 1993 on the anniversary of "the overthrow of a
friendly monarchy." The audio file was originally broadcast on KNUI AM 900 in
early January 1993. Uncle
Charlie Maxwell
taped the copy and with the permission of Paul Harvey, played it for the 45,000
people gathered at `Iolani Palace on January 17, 1993, the 100th anniversary of
the overthrow.
"Now, the rest of the
story. Away from the headlines and the television cameras, down in the shadowy
realms where U.S. foreign policy shakes hands with the devil, there will forever
be a fascination with the case that we're about to discuss, about a handful of
Americans living overseas, acting independently perhaps and for their reasons,
or perhaps the United States government did itself carefully, quietly engineer
the overthrow of a friendly monarchy. The kingdom's queen surely suspected the
latter..."
Listen:
Mahalo,
Mr. Harvey, for telling the truth about Hawai'i.
...is about Hawaii's status as an independent country under prolonged illegal occupation by the United States, and the history, culture, law & politics of the islands.
And about East Maui kalo farming and other ahupua'a projects.
Over at the Free Hawaii blog, Koani Foundation is giving away "Free Hawaii" stickers and pins, and will post photos of them displayed in interesting places. Spread them far and wide!