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How the US Stole Hawaii
By: guest5 Date: February 11, 2021, 5:19 pm
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How the US Stole Hawaii
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Re: How the US Stole Hawaii
By: 90sRetroFan Date: February 12, 2021, 12:03 am
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OLD CONTENT
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulet_affair_(1843)
[quote]Richard Charlton, who had been the British Consul to the
Kingdom of Hawaii since 1825 ... had a claim to land that was
under dispute.[2] Paulet requested permission from Admiral
Thomas to investigate the allegations.[3]
...
Kamehameha III agreed to reopen the disputed cases but refused
to overrule the courts and ignore due process. On 25 February
the agreement was signed ceding the land subject to any
diplomatic resolution. Paulet appointed himself and three others
to a commission to be the new government, and insisted on direct
control of all land transactions.[4]
Paulet destroyed all Hawaiian flags he could find, and raised
the British Union Flag for an occupation that would last six
months. He cleared 156 residents off of the contested Charlton
land.[/quote]
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laplace_affair
[quote]On July 10, 1839 Captain Laplace of the French frigate
Artémise sailed to Hawaii under orders to:
Destroy the malevolent impression which you find established to
the detriment of the French name; to rectify the erroneous
opinion which has been created as to the power of France; and to
make it well understood that it would be to the advantage of the
chiefs of those islands of the Ocean to conduct themselves in
such a manner as not to incur the wrath of France. You will
exact, if necessary with all the force that is yours to use,
complete reparation for the wrongs which have been committed,
and you will not quit those places until you have left in all
minds a solid and lasting impression.[1][/quote]
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_invasion_of_Honolulu
[quote]In the Treaty of 1843 with Hawaii, France had agreed
never on any pretense to take possession of any portion of the
Hawaiian domain.[1] The French government had issued orders to
Guillaume Patrice Dillon, its new consul in Honolulu in 1848:
"Avoid in your conduct any show of pugnaciousness [esprit de
lutte]. It is befitting that moderation be the one to
consolidate the fruits of firmness". Nevertheless on November 5,
1848, he wrote to the French Foreign Office: "I am convinced
that it will prove sufficient to display a good French corvette
for three days at Honolulu to force concessions from this
devious and hypocritical Government."[2]
...
The marines took an empty Honolulu Fort from the two men
defending it, Governor of Oahu Mataio Kekuanaoa and Marshal of
the Kingdom Warren Goodale, who did not resist, the fort having
been evacuated before the French landed.[6] The marines spiked
the coastal guns, threw kegs of powder into the harbor and
destroyed all the other weapons they found (mainly muskets and
ammunition). They raided government buildings and general
property in Honolulu, causing $100,000 in damages. They also
took the king's yacht, Kamehameha III, which was sailed to
Tahiti and never returned.[7]
...
At first the French government condemned the attack on Honolulu
but with the account of Tromelin and Dillon who left with
Tromelin on September 5, the French government reconsidered the
incident as more justified and did not make reparation for the
damages.[10][/quote]
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaii#Kingdom_of_Hawai?i
[quote]In 1887, Kalakaua was forced to sign the 1887
Constitution of the Kingdom of Hawaii. Drafted by white
businessmen and lawyers, the document stripped the king of much
of his authority. It established a property qualification for
voting that effectively disenfranchised most Hawaiians and
immigrant laborers and favored the wealthier, white elite.
Resident whites were allowed to vote but resident Asians were
not. As the 1887 Constitution was signed under threat of
violence, it is known as the Bayonet Constitution. King
Kalakaua, reduced to a figurehead, reigned until his death in
1891. His sister, Queen Lili?uokalani, succeeded him; she was
the last monarch of Hawai?i.[76][/quote]
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1887_Constitution_of_the_Kingdom_of_Hawaii
[quote]It also took away the power of the king to act without
the consent of his cabinet and gave the legislature, which was
controlled by the white Americans by this time, the power to
dismiss the cabinet instead of the king.
...
to reduce the king's influence, he was not allowed to appoint
legislators to any other government post. The legislature also
gained the authority to imprison those that disrespected,
published false reports or comments about or threatened or
assaulted any of its members.[10]
The constitution also removed the monarch's power to appoint
members of the House of Nobles (the upper house of the
legislature), instead making it a body elected by the wealthy
landowners to six-year terms and enlarging it to 40 members.
Qualifications to serve as a noble or representative now came to
include high property and income requirements as well, which
stripped almost all of the native population of the ability to
serve in the legislature.[10][11]
...
It allowed foreign resident aliens to vote, not just naturalized
citizens. Asians, including subjects who previously enjoyed the
right to vote, were specifically denied suffrage.
...
the 1887 constitution required an income of $600 (equivalent to
US$16731 in 2019) or taxable property of US$3000 (equivalent to
$83656 in 2019) to vote for the upper house (or serve in it).
That excluded an estimated two thirds of the Hawaiian
population. Essentially, only white males, wealthy from the
sugar industry, retained suffrage with the Bayonet Constitution.
Allocating the government’s power to the Cabinet and then
promptly appointing their members to the Cabinet, and securing
the disenfranchisement of their opposition, the Hawaiian League
seized complete control over the Kingdom of Hawaii.[/quote]
[quote]In 1893, Queen Lili?uokalani announced plans for a new
constitution to proclaim herself an absolute monarch. On January
14, 1893, a group of mostly Euro-American business leaders and
residents formed the Committee of Safety to stage a coup d'état
against the kingdom and seek annexation by the United States.
United States Government Minister John L. Stevens, responding to
a request from the Committee of Safety, summoned a company of
U.S. Marines. The Queen's soldiers did not resist. According to
historian William Russ, the monarchy was unable to protect
itself.[77][/quote]
For a much more thorough study, with emphasis on US involvement,
I proudly recommend:
HTML https://authenticamericandream.blogspot.com/2018/03/us-adopts-white-mans-burden-remembering.html
HTML https://authenticamericandream.blogspot.com/2018/04/us-adopts-white-mans-burden-remembering.html
HTML https://authenticamericandream.blogspot.com/2018/10/us-adopts-white-mans-burden-remembering.html
NEVER FORGIVE. NEVER FORGET.
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Re: How the US Stole Hawaii
By: guest5 Date: June 5, 2021, 11:34 am
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How Native Hawaiians fought the US Navy, and won
[quote]The reclaiming of a sacred island.[/quote]
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nWZ15JeZnc
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Re: How the US Stole Hawaii
By: guest55 Date: September 16, 2021, 8:53 pm
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Hawai‘i Is Not Our Playground
[quote]After centuries of colonialism, and decades of
overtourism, it's time to think about Hawai‘i
differently.[/quote]
[quote]For years, Hawai‘i has been packaged as a picturesque
paradise. A place where mainland travelers could forget the
worries of home. The problem? Hawai‘i’s land, history, and
people are often ignored or trampled. Chris Colin reports on the
locals who are pushing back.[/quote]
HTML https://www.afar.com/magazine/learning-to-decolonize-and-travel-responsibly-in-hawaii?utm_source=pocket-newtab
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Re: How the US Stole Hawaii
By: 90sRetroFan Date: June 18, 2022, 3:07 am
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HTML https://www.yahoo.com/news/farmers-restoring-hawaii-ancient-food-090007567.html
[quote]Rain clouds cover the peaks of the west Maui mountains,
one of the wettest places on the planet, which for centuries
sustained biodiverse forests providing abundant food and
medicines for Hawaiians who took only what they needed.
Those days of abundance and food sovereignty are long gone.
Rows of limp lemon trees struggle in windswept sandy slopes
depleted by decades of sugarcane cultivation. Agricultural
runoff choking the ocean reef and water shortages, linked to
over-tourism and global heating, threaten the future viability
of this paradise island.
Between 85% and 90% of the food eaten in Maui now comes from
imports while diet-related diseases are soaring, and the state
allocates less than 1% of its budget to agriculture.
Downslope from the rain-soaked summits, there is historic
drought and degraded soil.
...
Indigenous farming practices in Hawaii are guided by the lunar
cycle and wind patterns, knowledge which was also passed down
orally over generations, and even documented in newspaper
articles going back to the 19th century. These oral histories
and archives have played a crucial role in how farmers like
Kekona, who didn’t grow up speaking the Hawaiian language due to
forced assimilation policies, steward the land today.
The whole island was once a giant thriving food forest until
colonial settlers in the 18th and 19th century stole the land,
water and labor to create industrial monocrop plantations –
mostly sugar and pineapples for export. This depleted the soil
of its nutrients, carbon and water, and the Maui people of food
and climate security.
...
Access to land, water, credit and housing remains
disproportionately controlled by the economic and political
elites, namely big ag and tourism.
One firm, Monsanto, now owned by the German pharma giant Bayer,
operates on Oahu, Molokai and Maui – where it develops
genetically modified corn varieties used in cooking oil,
processed foods, alcohol and animal feed, testing new seeds with
an unknown combination of potentially toxic agrochemicals.
Bayer is among four agrochemical corporations that control 60%
of the global seed market, and more than 80% of pesticide sales.
Dark red dirt from Maui’s research and development fields, which
are surrounded by three types of metal fencing, spread across
the downwind residential areas, with fine particles coating
furniture even when the windows are kept shut.
Last year, the company was fined $22m after pleading guilty to
multiple criminal charges for the illegal use, storage and
disposal of hazardous and banned chemicals. Monsanto was
described as “a serial violator of federal environmental laws”
by a Department of Justice attorney.
The Guardian’s request to visit the Maui research facilities was
denied.
Over the past decade agrochemical companies like Monsanto have
used lawsuits and political lobbying to delay and limit
regulations on GMO crops and pesticides in Hawaii, convincing
many farmers and lawmakers that without them, agriculture would
collapse.
But the pandemic exposed the dangers and fragility of the global
industrialized food system, triggering an almost existential
crisis for island communities like Maui which depends on imports
and tourism for economic and food security.
“Letting a chemical company pollute the island to feed the world
while we suffer food insecurity is beyond ironic,” said Autumn
Ness, the Hawaii program director of Beyond Pesticides and
co-founder of the Maui Hub, the island’s first farm box scheme
which connects small farmers and producers to residents.
“What’s stopping Hawaii feeding its own people is not lack of
knowledge or skills, it’s the power structure, the ongoing
plantation mentality which tips the scales in favour of big ag
and developers while rubbishing traditional knowledge. We need
to change this narrative because, without radical changes, what
will be left of this place in a hundred years?”[/quote]
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Re: How the US Stole Hawaii
By: Maui Date: August 14, 2023, 3:07 pm
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How Colonialism Set the Stage for Maui's Destruction by Fire
[quote]The death toll from the Maui wildfires is now about 100
and is expected to continue to climb in what is now the
deadliest U.S. wildfire in a century and the worst natural
disaster in Hawaii's history. As recovery efforts continue, many
residents are asking why Hawaii's early warning system, with
about 80 alarms on the island of Maui alone, did not get
activated to alert residents about the approaching flames. We
speak with Kaleikoa Kaeo, professor of Hawaiian studies at the
University of Hawaii Maui College, who gives a history of
colonialism in Maui and how the transformation of the island for
mass tourism, such as changes to agriculture and water
management practices, helped to turn the area into a tinderbox.
"Our people who have lived there since time immemorial are
suffering because of the consequences that have been imposed
really from outside foreign forces," says Kaeo.[/quote]
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Re: How the US Stole Hawaii
By: 90sRetroFan Date: August 23, 2025, 5:46 pm
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We should not want "whites" anywhere.
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