Another oldie.
This poster by Hawaiian artist Rocky Jensen was made in 1976 to protest the Army’s destruction of Makua Valley. It was distributed by Gail Kawaipuna Prejean, then director of the Hawaiian Coalition of Native Claims, not long after the January 1976 protest against the bombing of Kahoolawe, which was organized to coincide with the American bicentennial. It promoted a rally at Makua, which took place on February 26, 1976.
Thirty-five years later, and the Army’s use of Makua remains a festering and unresolved issue.
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We’re having many of the same discussions about the same issues from the ’60’s/’70’s.
Sometimes it seems nothing has changed. If nothing else, where’s my jet-car?
And where’s my jet pack? 😉
Rocky is da Bomb! I mean uh. Rocky is cool!
Aloha,
I miss Gail Prejean a lot sometimes, even after so many years of his passing. I was with Gail of Friday at Atherton Bldg having lunch and we both went up to Halawa for a spiritual access. I lost him a few days later.
I went before the AEC and the NRC to counter the Pentagon from spreading DU throughout Waianae and these are times that I miss Gail the most. In my spirit I know he is my guiding light!