#Native Hawaiian restorative system

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[potofsoup]

Voting to reform a system built and maintained on white supremacy is a lost cause. I get where you're coming from, and I think your intentions are good, but please read the room. We don't need Marvel characters telling us to organize and vote, we need people to call for the end of the American Empire.

This country has never been worth saving.

Hi, thank you for sending in an ask! Let me take this line by line:

"Voting to reform a system built and maintained on white supremacy is a lost cause" and “This country has never been worth saving.”

It's funny, because my spouse started saying this to me in the last few years, since Trump's election, and ... (a) I'm like “yup, this country is definitely built on white supremacy, as anyone who this system has oppressed has always known” and (b) my question is -- what are you going to do about it? *How* are you going to end the American Empire? Can you convince America to restore Hawaiian sovereignty? Restore native land? End the prison slavery system?

One of the reasons I used the women's suffrage movement in the comic is because the Constitution was written to protect white male land-owner (and mostly slave-owning) rights. The women's suffrage movement was able to successfully amend the Constitution to make it *slightly* less built on white supremacy.  The Equal Protection clause of the 14th Amendment is also pretty darn amazing, and not to mention the Civil Rights movement.  These things make my heart aflutter when I read about them, and inspire me to keep going.

But yes, this is a place where you (and my spouse) differ from me -- I believe in incrementally changing the system we have. You know what country is very pro abortion rights, and not built on White Supremacy? China.  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  Every country’s got its own problems, so for better or for worse, I’m currently choosing to focus on the country that I have.  A reparations bill is making its way through the California state legislature. I've seen some articles about some states returning land stewardship to local tribes. A combination of multiple forces is making both EV and rail systems more viable in my region. Those are things that give me hope. You're welcome to join my spouse in taking down the American Empire (or leaving it altogether), but that's *your* to-do list, not mine.

"I get where you're coming from, and I think your intentions are good,"

Oh, thanks!

"but please read the room. We don't need Marvel characters telling us to organize and vote,”

Hmmm.... are you aware that this is a comic that I've drawn once a year on July 4th, for the LAST 9 YEARS? It helps me process the state of America from the very helpful perspective of Steve Rogers.  I know that Marvel has become synonymous with lazy writing and corporate greed in the past 5 years or so, but I encourage you to look into Steve Rogers’ character history -- would someone who took down all of SHIELD because it was too corrupt to be worth saving be pissed about the American Empire? I think yes. I have a very low opinion of Marvel in general, but I love the pragmatic idealism of Steve, the world-weary kindness of Sam, the tenacity of Bucky.  They are the Captain Americas of my heart. 

I drew my annual comic featuring my favorite Marvel characters talking about the importance of going forward even when your back is against the wall, because that’s the message that I needed to hear as I sat on my couch this past week trying to think through all this.  This is the message that I chose to spend my evenings drawing this week.

So -- please read the room.  Or at least my previous comics, so that you know what context I’m coming from.

“we need people to call for the end of the American Empire."

Mmmm yes.  Who is this “we” that needs other people to do this?  Who are these “people” that you think should be calling for the end of the American Empire?  By framing it this way, it’s definitely easier to have it be someone else’s task.  Are you going into everyone’s inboxes asking for this?  And what do you think happens when people are confronted with a task as big as “end the American Empire” or “end Racism” or “stop Climate Change”?  I’ll tell you what happens to me: I freeze up.  These systemic things in the abstract are too big for wee individuals like me to tackle, and so instead of activism, all you get is anxiety. 

One of the reblog tags from yesterday’s comic said that the comic was “#(terrifying in that unlike despair it asks for more than just our suffering and death)“ and ... yes.  Exactly.  It’s hard to both acknowledge that the systemic problems are too hard for an individual to tackle, *and then finding something to do anyway.*  It takes effort to break such a large task into small actionable steps.  It takes effort to build organizations and networks so that individuals can band together to take on systems.

So, if you have an organization dedicated to the end of the American Empire, that takes concrete action beyond just calling for its end, tell me and I’ll join. 

#oops I got carried away #I have too many opinions and that's why I usually stay off of tumblr #let's not talk about the amount of effort and self care it takes for me to stay positive on a daily basis #but i gotta #cause it's the only way I can keep going

[mit]

A reciprocal relationship with the land in Hawaiʻi

Through community-based research with organizations that work to “hoʻomomona hou i ka ʻāina,” or “restore that which feeds back to abundance,” PhD student Aja Grande has embarked on a healing journey of her own.

Laura Rosado | MIT News correspondent

Aja Grande grew up on the Hawaiian island of Oʻahu, between the Kona and ʻEwa districts, nurtured by her community and the natural environment. Her family has lived in Hawaiʻi for generations; while she is not “Kanaka ʻŌiwi,” of native Hawaiian descent, she is proud to trace her family’s history to the time of the Hawaiian Kingdom in the 19th century. Grande is now a PhD candidate in MIT’s HASTS (History, Anthropology, Science, Technology and Society) program, and part of her dissertation tracks how Hawaiian culture and people’s relationship with the land has evolved throughout time.

“The fondest memories I have are camping on the north shore every summer with my friends,” says Grande. “I loved being in ‘ke kai’ (the sea) and ‘ma uka,’ (inland, in the mountains) with my friends when I was younger. It was just pure fun exploring ‘ʻāina’ like that.” “‘Āina” in the Hawaiian language is often defined as “land,” but is understood to the people of Hawaiʻi as “that which feeds.”

“Now that I’m older,” Grande adds, “I’m connecting the dots and realizing how much knowledge about the complex systems of ‘ahupuaʻa’ [traditional Hawaiian divisions of land that extend from the mountains to the sea], I actually gained through these experiences.”

Grande recently completed a year of fieldwork in Hawaiʻi where she volunteered with land-based, or ‘āina-basedorganizations. In the movement to restore ‘āinato “momona,” or  “fertile and abundant lands,” the land and the people who serve as its stewards are of equal importance.

“I’m looking at how people who are not Kanaka ‘Ōiwi, or native Hawaiian, by descent can participate in this kind of restoration, and what it means for both Kanaka ‘Ōiwi and non-Kanaka ‘Ōiwi to participate in it,” says Grande, who herself descends from immigrants of other island nations. “Some of my ancestors were born and raised in Hawaiʻi before the U.S. subjected Hawaiʻi as a state and territory, meaning that some of them were Hawaiian Kingdom subjects. While, I am not Kanaka ʻŌiwi by lineage, some of my ‘ohana nui (extended family), from these same ancestors, are Kanaka ʻŌiwi. I’m writing about how being Hawaiian, from a Hawaiian sovereignty standpoint, is not just about race and ethnicity. When Hawaiʻi was a sovereign nation, Hawaiian citizenship was never afforded on the basis of race alone. It was also based on your lifelong commitment to ‘āina and the people of Hawaiʻi.”

The project is personal to Grande, who describes both the content and the process of writing it as part of her healing journey. She hopes to lay the groundwork for others who are “hoaʻāina,” or “those who actively care for ʻāina,” in Hawaiʻi, but not Kanaka ʻŌiwi to better articulate their identities and foster a deeper connection with the ʻāina and the “kaiāulu,” or “community,” they love and actively care for.

Returning home

Grande has spent her academic career on the East Coast, first at Brown University, where she received a degree in science, technology, and society, and now at MIT in the HASTS program. She swam competitively through her second year of college, and had earlier represented Hawaiʻi at the 2012 Oceania Games in New Caledonia. Once she stopped swimming, Grande first used her newfound time to travel the world. Tired of this transient lifestyle, she realized she was more interested in exploring her connection to land in a more rooted way.

“Moving around, especially as a college student, it’s very hard to grow things,” says Grande. “People are a lot like plants. You really just need to let plants do their thing in place. We do really well and we thrive when we can be connected to place.”

Grande started by founding the Ethnobotany Society at Brown to explore the relationship people have to plants. With the group she organized nature walks, collaborated with local farms, and connected it to the history she was learning in class.

Still, the East Coast never quite felt like home to Grande. When she started planning for the fieldwork portion of her program, she envisioned spending half the year in New England and half in Hawaiʻi. But she soon realized how important it was for both her research and herself to dedicate everything to Hawai’i.

“When I came back, it just felt so right to be back home,” says Grande. “The feeling in your naʻau — your ‘gut’ — of knowing that you have to contribute to Hawaiʻi is very powerful, and I think a lot of people here understand what that means. It’s kind of like a calling.”

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#students #anthropology #sustainability #environment

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On the day celebrating the American colonies’ separation from Great Britain, Hawaii is relatively quiet in contrast to the continental United States, where fireworks light up neighborhoods across the country. In Hawaii, July 4 is not a joyous occasion for some residents. This is because July 4 is also the day a group of businessmen self-declared the Islands to be the Republic of Hawaii in 1894, before imprisoning Queen Liliuokalani. Later, July 4, 1960, was chosen as the day the 50th star was added to the U.S. flag. [...] Since the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom in 1893, Hawaiian entities, like the Nation of Hawaii, continue to fight to restore control of Hawaii. Hawaiians do not all agree on the current status of the nation, the process of how it should be restored or whether it should be at all. [...] In 1993, Congress admitted its wrongdoing in the Apology Resolution. Signed by President Bill Clinton in 1993, the 100th anniversary of the overthrow, it proclaimed that the Hawaiian government never relinquished its sovereignty and the Hawaiian Kingdom was illegally overthrown. [...] When President William McKinley proposed a treaty for the annexation of Hawaii in 1897, more than half of the Native Hawaiians living in the Islands opposed it. They signed petitions that were delivered to the U.S. Congress. The treaty failed to get the two-thirds support it needed in the Senate, and so it was defeated. In its place, the Newlands Resolution, a joint resolution by the U.S. Congress to annex Hawaii, was passed and signed into law on July 7, 1898. Dole became the governor of the Territory of Hawaii. “The problem is that it’s not a treaty; that’s an American law,” [Keanu Sai, a University of Hawaii faculty member and political scientist who specializes in Hawaiian constitutionalism and international relations] said. “The United States could no more annex a foreign country by passing a law than it could pass the law today for the Congress to annex Canada. It has no effect beyond the borders of the United States.” The United States is in violation of international law, Sai said. When a country that is recognized as an independent state has its government overthrown through an act of war, it does not mean the country no longer exists. Sai says the U.S. obliterated the national consciousness of the Hawaiian people. “There’s a false narrative that was started here in the Islands in 1906 through what is called denationalization through Americanization, where my grandparents’ generation were forced to believe that they’re American and they need to speak English and all they learned was American history,” Sai said. “When I was born and went to school, the national consciousness of the Hawaiian Kingdom was wiped clean,” Sai said. “We didn’t know anything at all.” The repetition of what was taught in schools has allowed the lie to become the truth, he said. [...] “Prior to the arrival of the first Europeans in 1778, the Native Hawaiian people lived in a highly organized, self-sufficient, subsistent social system based on communal land tenure with a sophisticated language, culture, and religion,” [John Garcia, minister of foreign affairs and second vice president for the independently formed government Nation of Hawaii] said. “The Hawaiian Kingdom is legally a sovereign independent state like any other country. The U.S. has never annexed Hawaii and is illegally occupying Hawaii for over 129 years.”

-- From "While US celebrates its independence, Hawaiians still wait for theirs" by Christine Hitt for SFGate, 4 Jul 2023.

#hawai'i #indigenous sovereignty #honolulu

[xtruss]

This Legendary Polynesian Canoe Will Sail 43,000 Miles, From Alaska to Tahiti

The crew of the Hōkūleʻa is embarking on an arduous 47-month journey across the Pacific Rim.

— By Jill K. Robinson | June 7, 2023

In this 2013 photo, the Hōkūleʻa crew trains in the ancient art of Polynesian wayfinding—navigating without modern tools. The Hōkūleʻa and her sister canoe, the Hikianalia, will embark on a circumnavigation of the Pacific in 2023, connecting Polynesian cultures and highlighting ocean conservation along the way. Photograph By Paul Nicklen, National Geographic Image Collection

The feat of Polynesian wayfinding—navigating by stars, wind, and waves—had long been discounted by scholars on the grounds that ancient Polynesians didn’t have the knowledge to be master navigators. But in 1976, a traditional 62-foot, double-hull voyaging canoe called Hōkūleʻa sailed from Hawaii to Tahiti with a crew of 15, proving that the old ways were more than enough to carry people across the vast ocean.

Now, the next generation of Polynesian wayfarers is stepping up and getting onboard. Beginning June 15 in Alaska, Hōkūleʻa and her sister canoe Hikianalia will set off on a 43,000-nautical-mile, 47-month circumnavigation of the Pacific Ocean. The journey will take them to 36 countries and archipelagoes, nearly a hundred Indigenous territories, and 345 ports. There’ll be about 12 crew on each canoe at a time, switching out about every four weeks, for a total of 400 crew members over four years.

Here’s what to know about this epic voyage.

Hōkūleʻa’s History

Named after Arcturus, the zenith star of the Hawaiian Islands, Hōkūleʻa (“star of gladness”) was conceived and built by the Polynesian Voyaging Society (PVS). This Honolulu, Hawaii-based organization was established to research the means by which Polynesian seafarers found and settled on islands within the immense Pacific Ocean. Since her first voyage, Hōkūleʻa has traveled throughout the globe. Its founders want to explore and reclaim Polynesian culture, traditions, and relationship to both home and the planet.

“Hōkūleʻa allows us to find the connection that a lot of people believed was lost,” says National Geographic explorer Lehua Kamalu, Hōkūleʻa’s first female captain and the voyaging director of PVS.

The Moananuiākea Voyage

Hōkūleʻa’s Moananuiākea (“the vast Pacific”) Voyage embarks this month from Alaska due to a partnership that began in 1990. At that time, the Polynesian Voyaging Society approached the Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian peoples of the Sealaska Corporation after searching unsuccessfully for koa logs large enough to build a Hawaiian voyaging canoe from traditional native materials. The nonprofit Alaska Native conservation group gifted the society two Sitka spruce logs.

“That’s why we’re starting in Alaska,” says Randie Fong, leader of ʻAha Moananuiākea Pacific Consortium. “It’s important when we travel that we acknowledge the global Indigenous community and our traditional systems in the pursuit of solutions to climate change and the restoration of our oceans and landscapes.”

“We wanted to bring it all home to the Pacific, because our culture is here,” says navigator and PVS president Nainoa Thompson. “We know that the great systems of the planet are connected. We don’t have a number of different oceans. They’re all one.”

The Hōkūleʻa is a 62-foot waʻa kaulua, a double-hull voyaging canoe open to the elements. “While it helps that I’ve sailed her and understand how she works, in bad conditions you’re in survival mode,” says Captain Lehua Kamalu. Photograph By Paul Nicklen, National Geographic Image Collection

How to Follow the Hōkūleʻa

As Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia journey on the Moananuiākea Voyage, their paths will be tracked on Hokulea.com so anyone can follow along. The website will also post specific port dates throughout the journey.

From Alaska, the canoes sail along the west coasts of North and South America, through Polynesia and north along the West Pacific. Hōkūleʻa will then be shipped from Japan to Los Angeles to sail home to Hawaii. From there, it will voyage to Tahiti in the spring of 2027.

“The ocean will do what it wants,” says Kamalu. “Hōkūleʻa is an open vessel, so we’re highly exposed and there’s no way to hide from heavy weather. Your skin may be soggy for days.”

While the crew will most certainly face challenges along the way, the measure of success isn’t about how much hardship they can take, but what they’re responsible for—making sure that the next generation of wayfinders can take things even farther.

To that end, the Polynesian Voyaging Society has also launched Wa’a Honua, the Canoe for the Earth. The virtual global hub is meant to inspire people to become future navigators for the planet. “This voyage and its impacts reach far beyond the crew that sails,” says Kamalu.

Hōkūleʻa will likely be at sea for the canoe’s 50th anniversary, on May 1, 2026. But there’s no rush to get to a specific destination for that day. “The beauty of voyaging is not to go fast,” says Thompson. “It’s to go slow and take your time. You can’t look up at the stars and tell where you are. In this kind of navigation, you only know where you are by memorizing where you sailed from.”

[dfroza]

A bit of HI History

@HISTORY

On #ThisDayInHistory in 1959, Hawai’i became the 50th state. Ua Mau ke Ea o ka ʻĀina i ka Pono (“The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness”).

8.21.22 • 9:00am • Twitter

@librarycongress

A 🧵 for the 63rd anniversary of Hawai'i becoming the 50th U.S. state: This is Queen Lili'uokalani, Hawai'i's last monarch & a prolific song writer. Her most famous song, "Aloha oe," is an enduring favorite. She is said to have written several songs while held captive in 1895.👇

8.21.22 • 11:36am • Twitter

@librarycongress

The queen was imprisoned as a direct result of a years-long movement by American businessmen to annex Hawai'i. The group, backed by paramilitary, had forced her brother, King Kalākaua, to sign a constitution in 1887 that stripped the monarchy's power & voting rights from natives.

8.21.22 • 11:36am • Twitter

@librarycongress

After the king's 1891 death, one of Lili'uokalani's first initiatives as queen was to draft a constitution that would restore voting rights to Hawaiians & power to the monarchy. That's why she was removed from power and later imprisoned for about a year in 'Iolani Palace.

8.21.22 • 11:36am • Twitter

@librarycongress

The queen was released in 1896. Hawai'i became a U.S. territory in 1898. Lili'uokalani spent the rest of her days fighting for the rectification of wrongs done both to Hawai'i & to herself. She died in 1917, not long after this photo was taken.

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8.21.22 • 11:36am • Twitter

there has been so much injustice done on earth in its tragic History of men trying to rule the world. but there is still hope of all things being restored. the True Kingdom will come.

A personal note:

there have been many earthly kingdoms with princes and princesses and kings and queens, but what we are to see in this is that Heaven is Royalty and a True and pure Kingdom that has no end

the beautiful mystery of this is the princess becoming Bride as a pure Queen (chosen by Royalty) which is the Body of the Son (A new Adam) with the Church becoming as A new Eve and the Temple of the Spirit of Light on earth

for earth has chosen kings and queens, just as ancient King David who is still recognized as such in Heaven where he now resides, although under the Authority of the eternal King (of kings)

[malialaka]

The ocean has risen from the sea of Nānā #nana. The bones of the iwi extension of the holi ones and kohala has been laid out above the papa on kula, “the sacred high priest na wahipana”. This is no Hollywood act of old runes in a bag but a requested prayer by all Hawaiian national and koko. For years the foreigner families in Hawaii purposely premeditated murders, a practice passed down from fathers to sons and supporting mothers. Did no one think about the consequences of human nature, that your own family members would stop and refuse to turn a blind eye; or that those manipulated perceptions would be undone by one you raised. The wind gourd and Bones #bonesofali have spoken . Your cattle and #hawaiitours of fake stories and protection womt work, all sales are leases, all leases are invalid. A new Hui has resonated into entirety of honey resin , itll never expire. The Poho Gin has reformed the educational system of the world, un silenced are their testimonies, the origins of Hawaiians, the birth and deaths of the World, the exiles and the protection of Makaainana that has been ignored so humans can have over welcomed privileges and military veterans of gods and giants suffer an internal torcherous death of psychological abuse. #lonomakahikifest is coming, tenacious is she. God may enter, man cannot. MauiAKalana o Ani will share in HanaLima, Papakuhikuhi the names of funerary ignorance by officials who tainted the names of all Americans, Brit, Norse, Swiss, Portuguese , Chinese and Spain. Every Honu dies in the land of its birth, a births where it was birthed. To our loved ones who didnt enter Milu, the Alim-buyu water cyclones we see and hear you. The shoals of time has washed away the tears of fear, and brought forth the springs of new fruit in 1993. The Puna has helped you dig your debt to Milu. Come now the beginnings of urban restoration and native soul of hawaiian rehabilitation. The Hawaiian will free all indigenous peoples. A 40 year of commitment practitioner of one Hawaiian child passed to the next and the next, the next god , mene, and giants that enters , man canot. (at Kauai) https://www.instagram.com/p/ChPcb_ZrygQ9cnjypsvok5GQTQnUEKLivFhdtQ0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#nana #bonesofali #hawaiitours #lonomakahikifest

[gyroshrike]

“Wailuanui, the land where the former Coco Palms Hotel once stood, is a wahi kapu, or sacred site, to Native Hawaiians and Kaua‘i residents. 

We, the undersigned, are committed to supporting a collaborative community-based effort that ensures that the only future development of this property is its conversion to a thriving cultural, educational and community space that honors the rich history of this place, both ancient and modern.

We firmly believe that a resort development is not suitable at this site, not wanted by our community, and that there is wide and passionate opposition to the establishment of another hotel in this location. The time has come to turn this space into an environment that benefits our community and honors the significant Hawaiian history and archeological features of this ʻāina (land).

The I Ola Wailua working group is reaching out to community members, especially to those with lineal ties to the Wailua area and a passion for Hawaiian and ʻāina based restoration, to join the conversation in developing a common community-based vision that will direct all future development.

The site is incredibly rich in historical and cultural significance, and is the birthplace of kings and queens. I Ola Wailuanui will honor the iwi kūpuna (ancestors) that are buried on the site along with the culturally significant ancient loko iʻa (fishpond) which is thought to be over 600 years old and was maintained and used into the 1930s.

The I Ola Wailuanui vision also includes the restoration of important native wetland habitat that will benefit our native birds and threatened coastal ecosystems. The restoration of the wetland system will help mitigate flooding issues in Wailua and work with our changing coastal environment to restore and preserve critical endangered species habitat.

The vision can include significant opportunities for the advancement of Hawaiian craft, language, music, hula, cultural practices and traditional games. The site could house a canoe hale, restored native gardens, places for health and healing, gathering, education and environmental restoration.

We urge any prospective buyers to respect the will of the community and ensure that these lands and resources are preserved for the benefit of generations to come.”

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Shared with me by my friend who grew up on Kaua’i

Post made 7/8/2021

#hawai'i #hawaii #kaua'i #kauai #petition #wailuanui #indigenous #wahi kapu #oceania #pacific islands

[freehawaii]

KE AUPUNI UPDATE - OCTOBER 2021

Keeping in touch and updated on activities regarding the restoration of Ke Aupuni o Hawai`i, the Hawaiian Kingdom. Ua Mau Ke Ea O Ka `Aina I Ka Pono.

The Papal Bulls To McKinley

The "Papal Bulls” set in motion 600 years of colonialism, the forceful spread of western civilization, religion and culture, often resulting in atrocities against native peoples, the forcible taking of lands (including whole continents); the rampant plundering of resources and wanton destruction of the environment…
 


Today, though not quite as obvious and masked by global pervasiveness, colonial attitudes and practices remain embedded in the culture, mindset and politics of modern society. Like it or not, colonial doctrines continue to drive society today.
 


Last month, the United Nations (a club consisting of colonial countries and their former colonies) issued a declaration of the Fourth International Decade for the Eradication of All Forms of Colonialism. Wow! Sounds great! The UN acknowledges it wants to eradicate all forms of colonialism! But wait! Fourth decade? What happened in the first three decades? Absolutely nothing!
 


Like the infamous 1993 U.S. Apology for the taking of Hawaii, the UN declaration is just lip service. There is no honor in saying you are sorry and going to make it right, but never getting around to it. There is no justice in allowing wrongs to continue.
 


At its root, much of today’s civil unrest is pushback against nearly 600 years of colonialism. People realize the system is not going to fix itself. The people of our nation — the lāhui — have taken the initiative by standing our ground and battling for our ʻāina from Kahoʻolawe, Kalama Valley, Waiahole-Waikāne... all the way to Āʻole Fed Wreck, Kū Kiaʻi Mauna, and most recently, Hūnānāniho. Our Kūʻē actions have caused the cessation of bombings and other destructive activity, the return of lands, the restoration of place-names, streets, sites, schools and buildings. We have seen the installations of numerous statues and memorials to the aliʻi and heroes of our lāhui.
 


One of the most obvious and offensive symbols of Manifest Destiny (the American brand of colonialism), is having the name, President William McKinley (and his statue) affixed to one of Hawaiʻi’s top schools. Changing its name back to Honolulu High School would have a huge impact in shifting the fake narrative to the truth of what really happened, and that our nation, the Hawaiian Kingdom, continues to exist and is on the rebound. SIGN THIS PETITION… Rename McKinley High School and remove the McKinley statue! Our prodding worked! The DOE told us we they will soon start seeking public input. That means they are considering it. Sign this online petition NOW! Tell everyone you know to sign it too! PLEASE KŌKUA… Your kōkua, large or small, is vital to this effort... To contribute, go to: • GoFundMe – CAMPAIGN TO FREE HAWAII • PayPal – use account email: [email protected] • Other – To contribute in other ways (airline miles, travel vouchers, professional services, etc...) email us at: [email protected]   FREE HAWAII T-SHIRTS - etc. Check out the great FREE HAWAII products you can purchase at... http://www.robkajiwara.com/store/c8/free_hawaii_products All proceeds are used to help the cause. Malama Pono, Leon Siu Hawaiian National

#ke aupuni #leon siu #free hawaii #hawaiian kingdom #william mckinley #papal bulls #colonialism

[marvelsmostwanted]

What exactly does Elizabeth Warren have plans for?

100% Clean Energy for America

A Comprehensive Agenda to Boost America’s Small Businesses

A Fair and Welcoming Immigration System

A Fair Workweek for America’s Part-Time Workers

A Great Public School Education for Every Student

A Just and Equitable Cannabis Industry

A New Approach to Trade

A New Farm Economy

A Working Agenda for Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders

A Working Agenda for Black America

Accelerating the Transition to Clean Energy

Addressing Discrimination and Ensuring Equality for Farmers of Color

Addressing Our Maternal Mortality Epidemic

Affordable High Education for All

Breaking the Political Influence of Market-Dominant Companies

Comprehensive Criminal Justice Reform

Comprehensive Debt Relief to Puerto Rico

Congressional Action to Protect Choice

Defend & Create American Jobs

Empowering American Workers and Raising Wages

Empowering Workers Through Accountable Capitalism

End Private Prisons

End Wall Street’s Stranglehold on Our Economy

End Washington Corruption

Ending the Opioid Crisis

Ending the Stranglehold of Health Care Costs on American Families

Excessive Lobbying Tax

Expanding Social Security

Fighting Back Against White Nationalist Violence

Fighting Corporate Perjury

Fighting Digital Disinformation

Fighting For Justice As We Combat the Climate Crisis

Fixing Our Bankruptcy System to Give People a Second Chance

Foreign Policy

Get Rid of the Electoral College

Getting Big Money Out of Politics

Health Care is a Basic Human Right

Holding Wall Street Accountable

Honoring and Empowering Tribal Nations and Indigenous Peoples

Honoring the Strength and Diversity of Muslim Communities

How We Can Break Up Big Tech

Improving Our Military Housing

Investing in Rural America

Justice for Border Communities

Keeping Our Promises to Our Service Members, Veterans, and Military Families

Leading in Green Manufacturing

Leveling the Playing Field for America’s Family Farmers

Leveling the Playing Field for Entrepreneurs of Color

My First Term Plan for Reducing Health Care Costs in America and Transitioning to Medicare for All

My Plan to Cancel Student Loan Debt on Day One of My Presidency

My Plan to Create 10.6 Million Green Jobs

My Plan to Fight Global Financial Corruption

No President is Above the Law

Our Military Can Help Lead The Fight in Combating Climate Change

Paid Family and Medical Leave

Preventing, Containing, and Treating Infectious Disease Outbreaks at Home and Abroad

Promoting Competitive Markets

Protecting and Empowering Renters

Protecting Our Communities from Gun Violence

Protecting Our Public Lands

Protecting the Rights and Equality of People with Disabilities

Real Corporate Profits Tax

Rebuild the State Department

Reduce Corporate Influence at the Pentagon

Restoring America’s Promise to Latinos

Restoring Integrity and Competence to Government After Trump

Restoring Trust in an Impartial and Ethical Judiciary

Safe and Affordable Housing

Securing LGBTQ+ Rights and Equality

Stop Wall Street from Financing the Climate Crisis

Strengthening Congressional Independence from Corporate Lobbyists

Strengthening Our Democracy

Tackling the Climate Crisis Head On

The Coming Economic Crash - And How to Stop It

Ultra-Millionaire Tax

Universal Child Care

Valuing the Work of Women of Color

We Need a Blue New Deal for Our Oceans

Worried about paying off student loan debt? She has a plan for that. 

Healthcare concerns? She has a plan for that. 

Climate change? She has *checks notes* 9 plans for that. 

Corruption? She has 9 ways to end it.

The best part? She even has a plan to make sure her plans become reality.

Visit ELIZABETHWARREN.COM/PLANS to learn more.

There is no other candidate with real, smart, comprehensive plans to make this country a better place for everyone. There is no other candidate with a path to the nomination who has committed to ending the filibuster so that these plans will actually pass once she is in office. 

There are 78 plans on this list. Just for comparison, Bernie lists 35 plans on his website, and no viable way to pass any of them through the Senate.

Imagine the world we could live in. Vote Warren. She has a plan for that.

#LAST ONE I PROMISE #BUT I SAW SOMEONE LISTING BERNIE'S 'PLANS' AND I COULDN'T HELP IT #dem primary #vote warren #win with warren #team warren #/politics #2020 #2020 primary #super tuesday #vote #who to vote for #mine

[eldunea]

one important thing i want to talk about re: lotor is my highly unpopular opinion that being toxic or having toxic traits does not make a person evil. it makes them unpleasant and toxic and i would not want to associate with them, but i don’t think that necessarily makes them so abhorrent that they should be described with the same word as fascists and pedophiles. the words “toxic” and “abusive” tend to get thrown around on here a lot; i don’t like that, and i also think that the word “evil” shouldn’t be thrown around in the same way. let me break down the distinction using lotor in two of his verses.

there is no doubt that pokéverse lotor is a toxic individual. he acts like he’s right all the time. he acts in ways contrary to how he was culturally raised (ex: judaism teaches forgiveness and even though he’s not religious it would still stand to reason that he should hold that close to him, and native hawaiians/alolans have a system of restorative justice) but he has a very fraught relationship with those things and gets upset at older people in his communities who try to re-show him those ways. he also lashes out in anger frequently, even at people who don’t deserve it—whether he straight up yells and throws things or merely makes viciously cutting comments. he is stubbornly self-destructive and won’t listen to anyone trying to aid him, and not only does he not listen, he also makes them out to be the bad guys just for being concerned. what seals the deal on his toxicity is the fact that he has repeatedly hurt other people with these tendencies. however, even though i would not want to be his friend, i would not call him evil because…think about it.

he just stopped an apocalyptic event that could have killed billions of people around the world, and he has had barely enough time to cope with all this before being thrust into a position of extreme responsibility. his experiences with therapy have also been absolute shit, which has scarred him against therapists from a young age, so he is naturally suspicious of that avenue of help. he is also an 18 year old man, technically an adult but still in the teens range, still nowhere near fully developed. how the heck well do you think he’s gonna be handling this whole thing? someone that young and that passionate who has been through that much could absolutely start out by taking it out on everyone around them. many people who go through things like that have a hard time functioning in everyday society, much less being champion of an entire region, the bar is literally underground there in terms of where one should expect him to be and he’s already stepped above it. he does a lot of unsavory things, but that is because he has been taught by a lot of unhealthy influences that this is what he has to do and this is how he has to act—mostly in order to survive—and just because the time for that has passed, doesn’t mean he’s going to recognize that right away. though nobody is under any obligation to forgive or tolerate his actions, i also don’t think it’s appropriate to call him evil necessarily. this is especially because as one of my friends has said so wonderfully in a post i cannot find, people who go through horrible circumstances and lack proper resources to deal with it and do bad things as a result of that should not automatically be deemed evil. i also think that someone who is so fresh out of his trauma should not be deemed evil for any toxic actions that he might take unless he continues to refuse to get better for an extended period of time. even though he has hurt a lot of people, and even though at times he has done so maliciously, at his core he is not driven primarily by malice—he is driven more by powerful emotions that older and wiser people have struggled to cope with.

mainverse lotor, on the other hand, was both toxic and evil. he was driven by malice—he was incredibly narcissistic and lashed out at people simply for not kissing his ass enough, he has gotten revenge on people in truly sadistic and disturbing ways and sometimes for things that were relatively minor; many times, he would spin all sorts of lies around someone he hated just for the pleasure of tearing it all down around them. he doesn’t have the extenuating circumstance of being young while coping with trauma—he may have aged slowly, but if you’re 18 for a thousand years you should be much more mature than your standard teen. and starting at a certain point in his life he did have the resources to escape the toxic mindsets in which he was brainwashed, which he initially refused—his moon elvish community tried to show him over a period of hundreds of years to eschew vengeance and value restorative justice, but it took a very long time and a wholeass exile slapped on him before he finally accepted their teachings and their help. yes, one can bring up the point that for much of his life he was fighting for survival, so he can’t really be called evil because he never had a choice about it……but let me put it this way. he has done bad things BOTH for survival and for their own sake. lying to someone in self-defense is not a choice. deceiving someone purely for revenge, however, is.

he was not always evil, and had he accepted help like pokéverse lotor eventually will, he might not have been evil. however, he became evil not through his circumstances (which he likes to blame for all his problems, both to ease his conscience and as a PR move) but rather through a series of HIS OWN CHOICES. he had unfortunate circumstances, just like pokéverse lotor, but the decisions he made in response to them reflect in that drastically negative way against his character. he is no longer evil now, as he’s had a lot of time during his exile to heal from his past, but he definitely was before. one can argue that he can never truly be redeemed, but i mean…even if he can only be redeemed partway, you can’t have a redemption arc without first having something to be redeemed from.

#alma te anul; the history of self. || HEADCANON #headcanon. || POKÉMON AU

[bettysex7]

Massage Therapists And The Natural Healing Process - Lomilomi

Lomilomi is also known as native Hawaiian massage is a fairly new tradition that has been around for more than a million years from its earliest cultural experiences until today. Although the history of Lomilomi was limited to local family massage parlors, the essence of Lomilomi and native Hawaiian massage has developed into an art that's more suitable for the next generation. In this post, I'll examine the healing and relaxing power that massages can provide to the human body and mind. Massage is a holistic art of healing. massage has been practiced for centuries in order to aid in healing both the body and mind. The benefits of massage are known to all; it relieves pain and helps in weight loss. Massage can help with stress management through reducing tension as well as activating the entire body. Blood circulation throughout the body improves and lymphatic drainage is improved. It increases the strength of bones and increases their mass. Lomilomi massages are also recognized to ease the signs of some respiratory conditions as well as reduce allergic reactions. Massage can improve the emotional and mental health of the body. Massage eases tension and boosts the general mood of the person by removing the negative energy in the body with the help of touch. Massage's therapeutic benefits increase awareness of the mind and body, which aids in healing. Massage therapists who specialize in Lomilomi might employ methods that concentrate on point of acupuncture that triggers the release of endorphins which can be natural painkillers and produce feelings of relaxation within the human body. Lomilomi is founded on an idea that our body has five distinct energy channels, referred to as "arch channels". Every person has a unique group of lymphatic channels that is specific to them. The Lomilomi technique is a method for massaging your body by using the Lomilomi technique. Therapists place their hands so that they activate the right channel that is appropriate for the client. "Vajja" is the "Vajja Position" is a certain hand position. This is the "Masters Hand" position is more well-known. The therapist positions his hands across the whole length of the shoulder of the client. The Vajja position allows the client to apply massage to all major muscle groupings. This technique includes five main muscles. They're to the left of the arm, and lie in the upper part of your shoulder blade. Lomilomi practitioners can use additional than their hands in their Lomilomi technique. They also can use various other massage tools including tweezers, for example. knives. Because this technique is indigenous and a lot of Hawaiian healers have used it for healing their patients. The healers employed an imitating claws of cats for their first device. They were then able to perform Lomilomi effectively after constructing the collection of instruments. Lomilomi remains a very popular treatment method. Benefits of this type of massage therapy goes beyond increasing one's overall health. The lymphatic massage process works through the lymphatic system's natural rhythms that keep nodes that circulate throughout all parts of the body. It helps improve immunity circulation, detoxify toxic waste products, stimulate healthy cell development, and boosts immune system performance. Massage with lymphatics has also been proven to decrease arthritis pain and the risk of other injuries such as back tension. It can promote weight loss, and also improve quality sleeping. 부산출장 Another method by which massage therapists perform lomilomi is by using essential oils. Essential oils are well-known as healing agents and have been scientifically shown as a way to assist in healing. Examples of oils used during massage include eucalyptus (lavender), chamomile, cypress, peppermint, and marjoram. They not only help to relax and restore, but they also aid in wellbeing and stop illness from returning. Other oils employed in lomilomi are ginger rosemary, thyme and rosemary along with grapefruit, peppermint and pine.

#부산출장 #부산출장안마 #부산출장마사지

[engelspolitics]

Manifest Destiny

https://www.grunge.com/180698/the-messed-up-truth-of-manifest-destiny/

Not made up by Americans but already used by British; settlers took it with them

Andrew Jackson, American creepizoid and face of the $20 bill, led a brutal attack against rebellious Seminal Indians in Florida in 1818, and Americans generally made themselves feel okay about it by reassuring each other that Florida was an American territory

First use in 1845 → editor of article on why America ought to annex Texas; complaining that England and France wouldn't keep their noses in their own business. Those two nations, O'Sullivan moaned, were "thwarting our policy and hampering our power, limiting our greatness and checking the fulfillment of our manifest destiny to overspread the continent allotted by Providence for the free development of our yearly multiplying millions."

When people liked the idea of manifest destiny he wrote more → "the right of our manifest destiny to overspread and to possess the whole of the continent which Providence has given us for the development of the great experiment of liberty and federated self-government entrusted to us."

Creating of moral framework around idea of manifest destiny; Americans and all their laws and institutions as virtuous and thus it should be example for all countries

Redeeming sins of the Old World

Belief that no one could change the trajectory of white occupation of the New World because it was destiny; America’s duty given by God; not taking part was affront to God

Europeans felt like they'd "discovered" the New World because God had ordained it, and therefore it was their God-given duty to bring Christianity to the heathen Americas

Only white Americans could claim land according to American law

Andrew Jackson came up with Indian Removal Act (1830); legal for Jackson to seize indigenous lands that were within state borders and force their occupants to move west into unsettled territories, where in time they’d have to move again as more white settlers moved west

Most famous resettlement that happened under Indian Removal Act was the Cherokee "Trail of Tears;" forcible march to new lands that cost around 4,000 Cherokee lives.

Mexican-American War in 1840s killed 25000 Mexicans and 15000 Americans; made clear US could successfully claim land from other territories

Simultaneously Oregon Trail; became more and more grim as settlers killed natives

Manifest destiny aso went hand in hand with slavery; settlers took slaves with them wheterever they went + Mexican-American war also helped promote the idea of the expansion of slavery

In 1893 America went after Lili'uokalani, the queen of Hawaii

A few years before American settlers forced Hawaiian king to sign a constitution that gave voting rights to wealthy (white) non-citizens, while disallowing Asian voters and decreeing that native Hawaiians could only vote if they were literate landowners.

When Lili'uokalani took over she proposed new constitution that restored the monarchy's power and gave voting back to native Hawaiian; whites formed militia and forced capitulation

Whites formed provisional government but it was chaos so US government just annexed it

In contemporary reservations, Native American communities often could not hunt or gather food the way they once had, so they were forced to adopt the European system of employment.

However isolation kept unemployment numbers high and income levels low → high levels of alcoholism, morbidity, mortality, and disease.

Modern manifest destiny → 2003 war in Iraq, when the U.S. overthrew Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein in the hope he could be replaced by an American-style democracy

#19th century #america