{"id":38579,"date":"2014-01-20T12:00:29","date_gmt":"2014-01-20T12:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=38579"},"modified":"2015-05-05T22:20:05","modified_gmt":"2015-05-05T21:20:05","slug":"a-day-of-infamy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2014\/01\/a-day-of-infamy\/","title":{"rendered":"A Day of Infamy!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Queen Lili’uokalani<\/p><\/div>\n

On January 17, 1893 U.S. Marines assisted wealthy sugar barons to illegally overthrow the independent nation and lawful Hawaiian government of Queen Lili’uokalani. Despite efforts to sugar coat history, no lie can live forever! 120 years of continuous illegal U.S. occupation of Hawai’i does not make the occupation legal. Ignoring the events of January 17, 1893 or pretending that such events did not occur does not right the wrong.<\/p>\n

The past 120 years of illegal U.S. occupation of Hawai’i has seen the building of an illegal high-rise \u201cHouse of Cards. One illegal floor has been built upon another, and another, and another. Illegal land titles, fake state and county governments, more than 110 U.S. military installations, etc. etc. The time has come for the illegal \u201cHouse of Cards\u201d to come down.<\/p>\n

Under international law, the illegal occupying power must withdraw. It was true after WWII in Japan and Germany. It is true in Hawai’i today. The Independent Nation of Hawai’i with its lawful government must be restored and the illegal U.S. occupation must end.<\/p>\n

So on this 121st<\/sup> commemoration of that \u201cDay of Infamy\u201d — January 17, 1893, as Hawai’i and the U.S. celebrates Martin Luther King, indeed \u201cLet Freedom Ring.\u201d Let Freedom Ring — to end racism and injustice in the U.S.; to end U.S. imperial wars abroad; and to end illegal occupations everywhere \u2013Tibet, Palestine, etc. and yes \u2013 Hawai’i!<\/p>\n

Free Hawai’i Now!\u00a0 Ground the Drones!\u00a0 Say No to War!<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n