This blog 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.

By Scott Crawford, Hana, Maui

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Hawaii Aloha Aina – Petition for Redress

From: “Joe Enos Farias, III” <joeenosfariasiii@gmail.com> Subject: “PETITION FOR REDRESS” Date: August 29, 2012 10:39:11 AM HST Hawaii Aloha Aina is a gathering of people. Hawaii Aloha Aina has created an online: Petition To Redress The State of War Between The Hawaiian Kingdom And The United States of America. Hawaii Aloha Aina is determined […]

Protest and Demand filed with UN General Assembly

PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release – August 10, 2012 Contact: Dr. David Keanu Sai, Ph.D. Telephone: (808) 383-6100 E-mail: interiorhk@hawaiiankingdom.org

Hawaiian Kingdom Protest and Demand filed with United Nations General Assembly against the United States of America and one hundred seventy-two (172) member-States of the United Nations

NEW YORK, 11 August 2012 — On Friday […]

Kaho’olawe Video Archive

A Hawai‘i People’s Fund grant to Na Maka O Ka ‘Aina helped support the re-mastering and archiving of video documentation of the movement to protect the island of Kaho‘olawe from 1976–1992.

Visit Na Maka’s Hawaiian Voice channel to view clips from the Kaho‘olawe Video Archive. (just click HERE)

They include:

Tribute to George Helm […]

Community Report – Int’l Women’s Network Against Militarism

Keawe, the Hawaiian History Columnist blog

Adam Keaweokaʻī Kīnaʻu has a new blog “Keawe, the Hawaiian History Columnist” located at hawaiianhistorian.blogspot.com with lots of relevant original content, including an extensive 3-part series on “Rethinking the Hawaiian Sovereignty Movement.” Check it out, and leave him some comments.

Unfamiliar Fishes in paperback

Sarah Vowell’s Unfamiliar Fishes is now available in paperback.

And here’s an interview with her in the LA Weekly, including this:

You mentioned some Hawaiians who carried signs that read, “We Are Not Americans” at a parade for the 50th anniversary of its statehood. Have those types given you any feedback on your book?

Oh, […]

From Hawai`i to Palestine

From Hawai`i to Palestine: Indigeneity, Settler Colonialism, and the Politics of Occupation

a public lecture by J. Kēhaulani Kauanui

Monday, March 12, 2012 3:30-5:00pm Saunders 624, The Friedman Room University of Hawai`i at Mānoa

Co-Sponsored by American Studies, Ethnic Studies and Political Science Local-Global Colloquium at the University of Hawai`i at Mānoa

Refreshments provided!

J. […]

U.S. Collegiate Teams Debate Annexation of Hawai‘i and Independence Prevails

Check out this paper from the The Hawaiian Journal of History “‘Aole Hoohui ia Hawaii’: U.S. Collegiate Teams Debate Annexation of Hawai‘i and Independence Prevails, 1893 to 1897” by Ronald C. Williams, Jr.

Conclusion

There is absolutely no doubt that at the time of the proposed annexa­tion of Hawai‘i by the United States, voices of […]

“Lost Kingdom” author Siler on KPCC

Most people know that Hawaii was the last region in North America to enter the union, but many don’t know the elaborate history of the islands prior to being annexed. In her book “Lost Kingdom: Hawaii’s Last Queen, the Sugar Kings, and America’s First Imperial Adventure,” author Julia Flynn Siler sheds light on the influential […]

20th Anniversary Stopping the Bombing of Kahoʻolawe

From: Samuel Kaleikoa Ka’eo <skaeo@hawaii.edu> 20th Anniversary Stopping the Bombing of Kahoʻolawe The Protect Kahoʻolawe ʻOhana P.O. Box 39 Kaunakakai, HI 96748 Aloha Aina Oiaio! Two great events next week. Free and open to the public. Please share. see attachment. Mahalo Kaleikoa The Protect Kahoolawe Ohana (PKO) is celebrating its 20th Anniversary of Stopping […]