Here is more information on Fred Hampton that should expand your knowledge past what we discussed in class.
Biography of Fred Hampton, Black Panther Party Leader – https://www.thoughtco.com/fred-hampton-biography-4582596
Check out this interesting podcast from Freakonomics on “America’s Hidden Duopoly.”
We all know our political system is “broken” — but what if that’s not true? Some say the Republicans and Democrats constitute a wildly successful industry that has colluded to kill off competition, stifle reform, and drive the country apart. So what are you going to do about it?
http://freakonomics.com/podcast/politics-industry/
MAUI PEACE ACTION free public program:
MPA co-hosts the ACLU of Hawai‘i for a civil rights discussion Thursday, January 19, 2017, 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., UH Maui College, Ka Lama 103.
Topics to be discussed are: Safeguarding Civil Rights in a Trump Administration, Community Control of Police Surveillance, and Ending Mass Incarceration in Hawaii. Coming to Maui to speak on these issues are ACLU-HI’s Legal Director Mateo Caballero; Legislative Coordinator Mandy Finlay, and Deputy Director Kit Grant.
The program is free to the public and is sponsored by the ACLU of Hawai‘i, the UHMC Human Services Department, and Maui Peace Action. Light refreshments, ADA-accessible. Walk-ins welcome. RSVPs help us plan: [email protected],
The following is an article written by Williamson Chang, Professor of Law at the William S. Richardson School of Law at the University of Hawai’i at Manoa. I have included the Abstract here to give you a background of the article. Click on the link at the bottom of the page to read the entire article.
To: Delegates to the Hawaiian Convention to Establish a Governing Entity
Before moving ahead, Native Hawaiians must study and learn about the various forms of government throughout the world. Others around us know little about our real history. We, too, may not know our full history. We must gather more knowledge before making the momentous decisions which are ostensible objectives of this convention. Justice Scalia, an extremely educated and esteemed constitutional scholar is an example of how little the world knows about the history of Hawai’i.
Recent remarks by Justice Scalia reveal the extent and consequences of the campaign of deception asserting that Hawai’i was acquired by a joint resolution. This claim is not only false. It is impossible. The inability of the Joint Resolution to acquire the territory of the sovereign nation of Hawai’i was emphatically pointed out during the Senate debate on the Joint Resolution in the summer of 1898.
Justice Scalia is not the only one deceived. The Hawai’i Supreme Court, in a 2013 ruling on the effects of annexation, blithely ignored the most basic of all state laws–those describing the boundaries of Hawai’i. Truth-telling through re-education of Native Hawaiians–and the rest of the world–is just the beginning. One must not underestimate the tremendous need for knowledge that must precede such an enormous task as nation-building.
Whether one supports restoration of the Kingdom or Tribal recognition, what Hawaiians need now is more scholarship about the world–particularly as to the world of newly emerging sovereign states and the history of decolonization. We should not let the current United States administration in Washington push us into tribal status. The path we take must be fully informed. Native Hawaiians must fully comprehend all the advantages and disadvantages of Federal Recognition as a Tribe.
Darkness Over Hawaii: The Annexation Myth Is the Greatest Obstacle to Progress
The Skimm website gives a quick overview of the day’s news. The link below is to their “Skimm the Vote” tab. It gives a nice breakdown of the candidates, issues, key questions, and an election calendar.
Here is a link to NPR.org. They fact-checked the first presidential debate in real-time. Awesome!!
The Candidate Forum hosted by Student Government will take place on Tuesday, Sept. 27th from 5-8 pm in the Multi-Purpose room in Pilina. I will be offering extra credit for students who attend and complete a short write-up on the event. You can receive two extra points for asking an insightful question. I hope that all of you will take advantage of this opportunity to meet the people who will be representing all of us!
Please join us for a live streaming event of the first of only three crucial debates!
We’re going to ask you in this email to step up and declare that you oppose TPP, and the reason we’re asking is so that we can give you more opportunitiesthis week to speak out and oppose TPP. But we still think it’s very important for you to understand exactly what we’re facing in order to win. Here’s what you need to know.
President Obama is the one person who can start the process to pass TPP.
Last year President Obama sought, and won, approval from Congress to “fast track” trade deals. That means that he can submit the TPP to Congress and put it up for a vote without any amendments. Congress can approve it as-is, or reject it. That’s it.
Legally, today is the first day that President Obama can do this. He’s said before that he would like to pass TPP in the lame duck session. We don’t know if he’s going to try this week, next week, or after the election, but we need to be ready to stop it in case he does try.
If President Obama does force a vote, realistically our best chance at defeating TPP is in the House of Representatives.
The reality of how the fast track process works is that TPP can’t be amended — not a single word. It’s also true that TPP can’t be filibustered in the Senate. It just needs 50 votes if President Obama decides to submit it to Congress.
We know that Bernie Sanders will oppose TPP, but the same can’t be said for many other members of the Senate. If TPP comes up in the Senate, it’s likely it will pass. It’s not great, but that’s what we’re facing.
Our best chance to defeat TPP is in the House of Representatives. If we can get a majority of members of Congress to vote no on TPP, we can win. So we must focus our efforts there.
Wednesday is a national day of action focusing on the House of Representatives to stop TPP.
For years, a big coalition of labor, environmental, trade, and other groups has worked to stop TPP. Together these groups have millions of members who have spoken out, made phone calls, lobbied politicians, and done everything they can to stop TPP.
All of these groups and all of their members – including Our Revolution – arebuilding towards a huge day of action this Wednesday focused on the House of Representatives.
Our goal is to place at least 50,000 calls to members of Congress and their offices on Wednesday. With your help, we’re going to help lead this fight and find out where these representatives stand on TPP, and we’re going to do everything we can to make sure that they know the people they represent want to defeat TPP.
We can only win if all of us get involved to stop TPP.
If TPP passes, there’s no going back. The only way to get out of the trade deal – even to change a single word! – is if every one of the 12 nations agree. That’s not going to happen. So we need to defeat TPP now.
Big corporate interests and Wall Street are lining up to help TPP pass Congress when President Obama starts the fast track process. We’ve proven before that when enough people stand together, we can beat those special interests. Now we need to do it again, starting with our day of action on Wednesday to reach our goal of 50,000 calls to Congress.
michael, this is what we need you to do:
The first step to stopping TPP is showing a huge number of people oppose it. Members of Congress and the media need to know that millions of people want to stop this trade deal.
Add your name and say that you want to stop TPP and have your voice counted.
Thanks for all you do for our movement. We’ll be in touch soon about how else you can help stop TPP.
In solidarity,
Larry Cohen
Former President, Communication Workers of America
Chair of the Board, Our Revolution