Na Democracy Now, ʻApelila 12, 2023
Ua ʻōlelo kūʻē ka poʻe kūʻē i ka Philippines i ka ulu ʻana o ka pūʻali koa US ma ka ʻāina ma kahi kokoke i 18,000 pūʻali mai nā ʻāina ʻelua e komo i kahi hoʻomaʻamaʻa koa nui ma ke Kai Kina Hema. Hele mai kēia i ka piʻi ʻana o ka haunaele ma waena o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a me Kina ma luna o ka espionage, hoʻokūkū hoʻokele waiwai a me ke kaua ma Ukraine. ʻO ka Philippines, kahi panalāʻau US kahiko, ua ʻae koke aku e hāʻawi i ka Pentagon i ke komo ʻana i ʻehā o kāna mau pūʻali koa, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻelua ma ka ʻāpana ʻākau o Cagayan ma kahi o 250 mau mile mai Taiwan. Ua hoʻopili ʻia ka pilina ma waena o Wakinekona a me Manila mai ka wā i hoʻolaʻa ʻia ai ka Pelekikena Pilipino ʻo Ferdinand Marcos Jr., ke keiki a ke alakaʻi aupuni i kākoʻo mua ʻia e ʻAmelika nona ka inoa like. No ka mea hou aku, ke kamaʻilio nei mākou me Renato Reyes Jr., ke kākau ʻōlelo nui o Bayan, kahi hui o nā pūʻulu hema ma Philippines e kūʻē i ka militarism US. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ʻo "nā ʻāina ʻilihune e like me ka Philippines" e lilo i "nā pohō nui loa inā piʻi ka hakakā ma waena o US a me Kina."
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ʻO ka hoʻokomo ʻana i nā kahua kaua a me ka hana pūʻali koa ʻo ia hoʻi ka hana moku kaua moana nui ma kahi kokoke i nā hoʻāʻo e like me Kina, Iran, Rūsia he mea hoʻonāukiuki i ka hoʻokō ʻana i ka hana violet. ʻAʻole ʻae ʻo ʻAmelika i nā kahua kaua Lūkini a i ʻole Kina ma nā helu mokupuni o ko lākou kahakai.
Eia kahi manaʻo noʻonoʻo pehea e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke hakakā hou i nā kahua kaua US. E kōkua mai iā mākou i loko o ka ʻōpū o ka holoholona e hoʻololi nui i ke ʻano o kā mākou kālā kālā i ke aupuni federal o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a hoʻopau i ka imperialism US. E hoʻomaka i ka haʻi ʻana i nā mea hoʻomalu maluhia US e pono mākou e nānā i nā aʻo ʻana i ka hoʻokele waiwai o ka ʻAmelika politika-economist Henry George, ka mea ma hope o ke kākau ʻana i kāna hana nui ʻo Progress and Poverty i kūkulu i kahi neʻe ikaika no ka maluhia a me ka hoʻopono ma ka hopena o nā 1800s. Ua make ʻo ia i ka hahau ʻana i ka lua o kāna holo ʻana no ka Meia o New York City. Ma hope mai, ua kanu nā elites mana "kālā nui" i kāna mau manaʻo e pili ana i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i ka like ʻole o ka waiwai a me ke kaua ma kahi pae kumu i ka wā i loaʻa kālā ai lākou i nā kula haʻawina no ka hoʻokumu ʻana i ka ʻoihana neoliberal ʻelua wale nō kumu - ka hana a me ke kapikala. ʻO ka mea nui a pau o ka ʻĀina (ʻo ia ka huaʻōlelo e pili ana i nā kumuwaiwai kūlohelohe a pau, ʻo ka Honua holoʻokoʻa) i hana ʻia i ʻāpana wale o Capitol. ʻO kēia ka hewa naʻauao o ke kenekulia i hala. E ʻoluʻolu e aʻo hou aʻe e pili ana i kēia mau ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo "perennial wisdom" a me nā kulekele ma ke kelepona ʻana iā Charles Avila ma Philippines a ma ke kau inoa ʻana i ka nūpepa o ka International Union for Land Value Taxation ma aneʻi: http://www.theU.org