"For many Native Hawaiians, the ruins of Lahaina are a harbinger of what’s to come if Hawaiʻi continues to follow the capitalist system under US occupation."

Excellent overview of what is happening in the Hawaiian sovereignty movement especially right now in light of Lahaina.

#Lahaina #wildfire #DisasterCapitalism #Hawaiians #sovereignty

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/sep/07/native-hawaiian-sovereignty-maui-wildfires

#lahaina #hawaii
First if you haven’t donated please do. There are numerous verfied #charities online do your due diligence no amount is too small.

Help is complicated by the distance, the weather conditions and limited resources on the Island so if you don’t have to be on #maui please leave, postpone your trip. If you have to stay please honor the Native #hawaiians feelings.
Keep it respectful the island is in mourning.
So many of the friends i’ve met in Lahaina are devastated. ☮️✌🏿😢🙏🏿

The tragedy (it was entirely avoidable) in #Maui & the destruction of #Lahaina may have a silver lining:
- the banyan #tree is still standing. It always was a converging place but if it survives, its symbolism & #mana will radiate beyond the islands
- #Hawaiians are likely to become fierce leaders of #climateaction & #climatejustice.
🙏🏽 @Andy_European for pointing me to this MSBC report, where the person who's adamant about the damages of #colonialism is... the anchor!
https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/how-the-history-of-lahaina-compounds-the-tragedy-of-the-maui-fire-devastation-190602821670

#Indigenous Peoples Under Attack by Militarized Forces: #NativeHawaiians want the US military out

By Brenda Norrell, #CensoredNews
July 19, 2023

"GENEVA -- Native #Hawaiians want the US military off their lands, and training exercises in the #Pacific shut down. An #aquifer has been poisoned in #Hawaii, and unexploded ordinances left behind are endangering their lives.
Appealing to the United Nations in Geneva, Indigenous in Guam also want the US military off their lands. The Pacific Indigenous Women's Network urged the United Nations General Assembly to join the effort for the removal of the US military from #Guam.

"#Indigenous are offering testimony today, and all week, before the UN Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, of the UN #HumanRights Council.

"Around the world, #IndigenousPeoples are under attack by military forces. In #Colombia there are land mines.

"In Peru, the military is attacking, torturing, and killing, those who are isolated and have marched against the current government. More than 40 people, including Indigenous children, have died since protests began in #Peru in December.

"#Indigenous in #Guatemala echoed those descriptions of militarized force.

"Throughout the #Amazon, military forces are killing the people, and seizing the land under the guise of the war on drugs. Indigenous lands are being stolen for illegal #logging and #mining."

Read more:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2023/07/indigenous-peoples-under-attack-by.html

#IndigenousNews #WaterIsLife #WaterProtectors