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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Dr. Sai to Present at Univ. of Cambridge, UK

From HawaiianKingdom.org blog:

From September 10-12, 2015, the United Kingdom’s University of Cambridge’s Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Science and Humanities will be holding an academic conference “Sovereignty and Imperialism: Non-European Powers in the Age of Empire.” From the conference’s website:

“In the heyday of empire, most of the world was ruled, directly […]

Statehood Day: Campaign for independence grows

From International Business Times via Yahoo News:

Debate surrounds the public holiday which commemorates the day Hawaii became the 50th state of the United States. Controversy circles the 56th anniversary of Hawaii becoming the newest state of the USA on 21 August and there are calls for it to be removed as culturally insensitive to […]

Non-Celebration of Statehood

PRESS STATEMENT FROM THE COMMITTEE OF HAWAIIAN NATIONALS

A coalition of Hawaiian Independence advocates P.O. Box 23055, Honolulu, Hawaii 96823 HawaiianNational.com Contact: Mr. Leon Siu 808 265-2085 leon@hits.net Mr. Pilipo Souza 808 358-6428 pilipo808@gmail.com

GATHERING AT IOLANI PALACE OF HAWAIIAN PATRIOTS FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, 2015 – 11 AM EVENT: THE NON-CELEBRATION OF STATEHOOD

Hawaiian Nationals […]

Kanahele calls for nationalists to take over Con-con

David Shapiro’s “Volcanic Ash” column in today’s Star-Advertiser:

The telescope protests atop Mauna Kea have spurred increased political activism by Native Hawaiians, but it’s heading in different directions.

At last weekend’s Aloha Aina rally in Waikiki, leaders urged more Hawaiian involvement in state and county politics to preserve lands […]

Lawsuit filed to block Hawaiian election

Star-Advertiser reports

Four Native Hawaiians and two non-Hawaiians filed a lawsuit Thursday in U.S. District Court in Honolulu seeking to block a “race-based” and “viewpoint-based” election planned this fall as a step toward establishing a sovereign Hawaiian government.

The lawsuit, which was filed against the state of Hawaii, Office of Hawaiian Affairs trustees […]

Aloha ‘Aina Unity March in Waikiki

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Notices of constitutional convention sent

From the Advertiser:

Notices are arriving in the mailboxes of more than 95,000 Native Hawaiians this week as the first step in the election of delegates to a constitutional convention that will consider options for Hawaiian self-determination.

“Native Hawaiians who have not registered yet but want to vote in […]

International Support with Aloha