On Saturday, July 7, there will be a dramatic silent march to protest RIMPAC. We'll begin with a press conference at 10am just outside of the Halawa Gate and in front of the big U.S. Pacific Fleet Headquarters sign at the corner of Halawa Drive and Kamehameha Highway. The march will be very short (about a half mile total) and will go along Kamehameha Highway to the Arizona Memorial and back.
Because parking is difficult in the area, a chartered trolley will leave the corner of Atkinson/Ala Moana (in Ala Moana Park) at 9:30am. Call 944-3106 for reservations. You can also take city buses Nos. 6 and 40. The trolley will then pick us up and take us back to the starting point. Check regularly for more info on transportation.
We ask everyone to wear a black and white shirt. White masks will be provided. The white masks are commonly used by anti-war protesters around the world.
RIMPAC is largest maritime military exercise in the
world. It causes irreparable damage to
sea life, reefs and shorelines and poisons our groundwater. Huge live-fire exercises at Pōhakuloa contaminate our land. We
will not be silent in the face of such destruction nor be complicit in “war
games” to prepare for wars of aggression against the peoples of other
countries.
Read, sign, and circulate our petition against RIMPAC.
Continue to the previous post to read World Can't Wait-Hawai`i's statement against RIMPAC.
A leaflet calling people to the anti-RIMPAC action was posted earlier. For ongoing news go to our facebook.
A schedule of actions/events being called by other organizations will be posted here in the near future.
There will be signmaking for the June 30th action on Sunday afternoon, June 24, from 12noon-2pm.
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