Missile Scare Motivates Activists uas ntshai tub rog tuaj

Thaum Esme Yokooji pom qhov ceeb toom hnub Saturday tias a missile twb mus rau HawaiKuv - ua tiav nrog cov ntawv loj loj uas hais tias "NO TSIS YOG DAB TSI" - nws muab nws tus dev tso rau hauv tsev, kaw qhov rooj thiab rub nws tus viv ncaus 9 xyoo.

Yokooji, 19, tuav nws tus viv ncaus hauv lub dab da dej hauv lawv lub tsev Kailua thiab sim ua kom muaj zog. Rau ob peb feeb excruciating, nws xav tias lawv yuav tuag. Tsis yog txog thaum nws niam los txog tsev lawv paub nws yog lub tswb cuav.

Qhov yuam kev ua rau muaj ntau yam ntshai, rocked Hawaii lub tourism kev lag luam thiab tsa cov lus nug txog Thawj Tswj Hwm David Ige thiab rov xaiv tsa dua. Tab sis rau qee tus zoo li Yokooji, nws yog kev hu rau kev nqis tes ua.

Tom qab nws txoj kev ntshai ploj mus, nws npau taws heev "hais tias Hawaii yog lub hom phiaj pib nrog, uas peb tau muab tso rau hauv qhov xwm txheej ntawd thaum peb yog ib pab neeg dawb huv."

Hnub Saturday lub missile scare tshwm sim plaub hnub ua ntej 125th hnub tseem ceeb ntawm lub rhuav tshem lub Nceeg Vaj Hawaii. Ntau tshaj li 1,000 tus neeg xav tias yuav taug kev hnub Wednesday los ntawm Mauna Ala mus rau Iolani Palace, qhov chaw uas cov neeg ua lag luam Asmeskas thiab Asmeskas tub rog tau yuam poj huab tais Liliuokalani tso tseg lub zwm txwv.

Kaukaohu Wahilani, ib tug ntawm cov koom haum kev tshwm sim, hais tias hnub yuav puv nrog hais lus thiab ua qauv qhia. Txawm hais tias qhov kev tshwm sim tau tsom mus rau kev ua koob tsheej nco txog kev rhuav tshem, nws tau hais tias cov tub rog muaj nyob hauv Hawaii tsis muaj feem cuam tshuam nrog kev ua nom ua tswv.

Nws tau hais tias "Txij li Lub Ib Hlis 17, 1893, lub xub ntiag ntawm cov tub rog Asmeskas tsis tau tawm ntawm ntug dej hiav txwv ntawm Hawaii Nei," nws hais. 'Nws tsuas yog los ntawm lub zog ntawm cov tub rog Asmeskas uas qhov kev rhuav tshem tau ua tiav."

Noelani Goodyear–Ka'ōpua, ib tug xibfwb ntawm University of Hawaii, yog ib tug ntawm cov neeg coob uas npaj mus koom lub peb hlis ntuj uas ntseeg hais tias Hawaii Islands tuaj yog txhaum cai nyob rau hauv lub tebchaws United States. Nws hais tias lub foob pob hluav taws txaus ntshai underscores vim li cas nws tseem ceeb heev kom nthuav tawm kev paub txog keeb kwm ntawm cov Islands tuaj.

"Nyob rau hauv ntau txoj hauv kev uas tau tshwm sim niaj hnub no txhawb rau peb ntau tus vim li cas nws tseem ceeb heev kom qhia lwm tus txog qhov tseeb ntawm peb keeb kwm, qhov tseeb ntawm Hawaii keeb kwm thiab tsis tsuas yog xav txog vim li cas Hawaii kev tswj hwm tseem ceeb vim yog keeb kwm tsis raug. tau cog lus tab sis vim muaj kev ua haujlwm tsis tu ncua uas ua rau peb lub hom phiaj ntawm missiles, "nws hais.

Laus Thiab New Activism

Dr. Kalama Niheu yog ib tug kws kho mob thiab haiv neeg Hawaii uas nyob rau sab hnub tuaj Honolulu. Nws tau hais lus, sau ntawv thiab teeb tsa cov teeb meem ntsig txog Hawaii kev ywj pheej thiab tsis muaj nuclear Pacific tau ntau xyoo.

Nws hais tias nws yuav kim npaum li cas los nyob hauv Hawaii thiab Ntau npaum li cas tib neeg tawm tsam kom them tau cov khoom siv tseem ceeb, nws nyuaj rau tib neeg xav txog cov teeb meem loj dua li imperialism.

Niheu tau hais tias "Hnub Saturday uas tau hloov pauv rau ntau tus neeg," Niheu tau hais. "Ntau tus neeg tau paub tias muaj qhov ua tau tiag tiag ntawm qee hom kev ua phem nuclear."

"Peb tab tom pom kev nce qib ntawm cov neeg uas mus txog rau lub sijhawm no tsis tau koom nrog hauv kev sib raug zoo thiab kev ncaj ncees uas tam sim no dhia thiab paub tias lawv ... yuav tsum ua qhov no nyob rau hauv txhua txoj kev uas lawv tuaj yeem ua tau."

Ib txhia twb tau ua lawm. Will Caron, tus kws tshaj lij thiab tus kws sau ntawv, tau hais tias sai li sai tau thaum nws pom qhov kev hem thawj ntawm lub foob pob hluav taws yog lub tswb tsis tseeb thaum sawv ntxov hnub Saturday nws tau dhia hauv xov xwm Facebook.

“Ib tug hais tias, 'Peb yuav tsum tawm tsam?' Txhua tus zoo li, 'Hnub raug yog peb yuav tsum,' "nws hais. Nws sai sai tsim ib Facebook kev tshwm sim, "Tsis muaj Nukes, Tsis zam txim." Tsis pub dhau ob peb teev, ntau tus neeg tau tuav cov paib raws Ala Moana Boulevard.

Thaum Caron yog ib tus neeg ua haujlwm paub txog, Yokooji tsis yog. Txawm li cas los xij, hnub tom qab lub foob pob hluav taws ntshai, nws tau xa email rau nws tus xibfwb, Goodyear-Ka'ōpua, txog kev teeb tsa lub rooj zaum los tawm tsam cov tub rog nyob hauv Hawaii thiab qhia kev sib koom siab nrog Hawaii.

"Kuv tsuas yog xav tias muaj kev txhawb siab tiag tiag kom ncav cuag thiab pom tias muaj qee yam tuaj yeem ua tau," nws hais. “Peb yog tiam tom ntej. Peb yuav tau txais qhov teeb meem no. "

Yokooji yog ib tug ntawm Goodyear–Ka'ōpua cov tub ntxhais kawm. Tus xibfwb tau hais tias lwm tus menyuam kawm ntawv uas yog los ntawm Guam tau qhia txog kev xav zoo ib yam li xyoo tas los thaum North Kauslim tau hem tias yuav foob pob rau cov kob.

Goodyear-Ka'ōpua tau hais tias "Nws zoo ib yam li nws xav tsis thoob thiab npau taws thiab peb tuaj yeem ua dab tsi tab sis sim qhia thiab qhia peb zaj dab neeg," Goodyear-Ka'ōpua tau hais. "Koj npau taws rau nws, koj xav tias tsis muaj kev cia siab rau nws, tab sis feem ntau ntawm txhua yam koj xav tau kev txhawb siab los sim hloov cov xwm txheej uas peb nyob hauv."

Goodyear–Ka'ōpua vam tias yuav muaj kev sib tham ntau ntxiv txog cov tub rog hauv Hawaii, uas yog tus tsav kev lag luam tseem ceeb tab sis kuj yog ib qho kev puas tsuaj rau ib puag ncig.

"Peb tsis xav ua lub hom phiaj ntxiv lawm," nws hais. "Hawaii yog lub tebchaws nruab nrab uas tau lees paub los ntawm cov tebchaws thoob plaws ntiaj teb uas muaj kev cog lus ntawm kev thaj yeeb nyab xeeb thiab kev phooj ywg thiab kev lag luam nrog lwm haiv neeg thoob plaws ntiaj teb. Ua ib lub hom phiaj yog qhov txaus ntshai. "

Goodyear–Ka'ōpua tau hais tias nws yuav tsis xav tawm hauv Hawaii txawm tias nws muaj kev txhawj xeeb.

"Kuv cov me nyuam yug los ntawm no, cov placenta, lawv piko, tag nrho cov faus ntawm no, peb cov poj koob yawm txwv cov pob txha nyob ntawm no, qhov chaw no yog peb niam, yog peb pog koob yawg koob. Txoj hmoo ntawm Hawaii yog peb txoj hmoo yog li peb tsis tawm mus, "nws hais.

Niheu tau hais tias txoj hauv kev uas hnub Saturday lub missile ntshai yog txhawb cov neeg tawm tsam tshiab thiab ntxiv dag zog rau kev daws teeb meem ntawm lwm tus yog qhov tseem ceeb, Niheu hais.

"Rau peb cov uas xav tias zoo li peb tau qw hauv cua, peb yeej muaj ntau tus neeg tam sim no uas xav koom nrog, leej twg xav hnov ​​​​nws, leej twg xav paub txog tej yam uas lawv xav ua nyob rau hauv qhov tsis zoo. thiab lub sijhawm tsis muaj kev cia siab, ”nws hais.