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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“Noho Hewa” Review by DGR News

Deep Green Resistance News Service has a good review of Anne Keala Kelly’s film “Noho Hewa: The Wrongful Occupation of Hawai’i” that ends with this conclusion:

The Hawai’i that exists in our imagination is not the real Hawai’i. The real Hawai’i is a land that is under cultural, psychological, economic, ecological, and military siege. It […]

“UA MAU KE EA: Sovereignty Endures” at HIFF

“UA MAU KE EA: Sovereignty Endures”

Now screening at the 2012 Hawaii International Film Festival

Sunday, October 21, 5:45 p.m. at the Dole Cannery Theater E.

Attendance is free, and we’ll have a discussion afterwards with the team. Bring along your family, friends, neighbors, co-workers, students, teachers, boss, lover, etc. There is limited […]

Ke Aupuni Update

From: Leon Siu <leon@hits.net> Subject: Ke Aupuni Update 09/21/12 Date: September 23, 2012 9:45:18 AM HST

Ke Aupuni Update September 21, 2012

Keeping in touch and updated on activities regarding the restoration of Ke Aupuni o Hawaii, the Hawaiian Kingdom. Ua mau ke ea o ka aina I ka pono. Aloha mai kakou,

This is […]

“Noho Hewa: Wrongful Occupation of Hawaii” available at iTunes Store

www.nohohewa.com

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, […]