A CALL TO CANCEL RIMPAC IN HAWAIʻI

As headquarters to the U.S. "Indo-Pacific" Command, Hawai'i is the site of RIMPAC 2022 where 26 nations, including 38 surface ships, four submarines, 170 aircraft, and 25,000 personnel are assaulting the Hawaiian islands, all at the invitation of the U.S. Navy. This bi-annual desecrat...

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Published in:Foreign Policy in Focus 2022, p.1-1
Main Authors: Compoc, Kim, Enomoto, Joy Lehuanani
Format: Report
Language:English
Subjects:
Armed forces
Domestic violence
Human trafficking
Indigenous peoples
Military bases
Military exercises
Military personnel
Murders & murder attempts
National security
Native peoples
Naval bases
Naval warfare
Navy
Nonviolence
Ships
Sovereignty
Stabbings
Submarines
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Summary:As headquarters to the U.S. "Indo-Pacific" Command, Hawai'i is the site of RIMPAC 2022 where 26 nations, including 38 surface ships, four submarines, 170 aircraft, and 25,000 personnel are assaulting the Hawaiian islands, all at the invitation of the U.S. Navy. This bi-annual desecration has devastating impacts on Hawai'i's land, water, and people, especially indigenous Hawaiians, who have suffered more than 129 years of illegal occupation from this same Navy. Hawai'i is already heavily militarized with 142 U.S. military bases and installations that occupy 224,897 acres of Hawaiian land. USINDOPACOM (formerly USPACOM) is the U.S. military's oldest and largest unified military command, claiming jurisdiction over more than half of the earth's surface and a majority of the world's population. As the center of the U.S. military empire and network of bases throughout the Pacific and Asia, Hawai'i is a critical site to resist the endless U.S. quest for empire and war, especially against China. In the wake of the U.S. Navy's massive fuel leaks at Red Hill/Kapūkaki that contaminated O'ahu's largest freshwater source, poisoning 93,000 people including mostly U.S. soldiers and their families, the U.S. military holding war games on Hawai'i adds further insult to injury.
ISSN:1524-1939