An email arrived yesterday from the folks at Na Maka O Ka Aina, announcing another advance in making their Kahoolawe video archive available to the public online.

This batch of five short videos are from a March 6, 1982 rally at Iolani Palace.

Hey, who da guy?

Yes, I’m one of the speakers included in this set of videos (hey, loan that guy a trimmer for his beard, please!). Thirty years ago. How time flies!

At the time, I was between paid jobs, and hanging around UH trying to get clarity on whether to continue pursuing a Ph.D. in Political Science. I managed to get to the “all but dissertation” stage before deciding that I really wanted to be more involved in things political rather than simply academically interested in them. In retrospect, I don’t really know if that was the right decision or not.

In any case, the other four videos feature Emmett Aluli, Joyce Kainoa, Haunani-Kay Trask, and Keoki Fukumitsu and Harvey Ota. Just click on any of the photos.

You can click above to watch my speech, or click here to view the flyer describing this part of the Kahoolawe Video Archive. To download, right-click or, on a Mac, control-click.