Friday (June 15), 7 a.m. at Wells St. Park in Wailuku
[PROTEST] “Freedom is never given,” the civil rights leader A. Philip Randolph said, “it is won.” Henry Noa, Nelson Armitage and Russell Kahookele know this only too well. Last July, the three Kanaka Maoli Hawaiian Nationals traveled from Maui to Kaho‘olawe to plant their flag and construct a rock altar. Later arrested on charges of criminal trespass and violation of Kaho’olawe’s closed waters, the three activists stand trial this Friday at Maui District Court at 8 a.m. An hour earlier supporters will gather to protest the charges and make their claim that the Kingdom of Hawai‘i has for the last 114 years held “legitimate sovereignty” over Kaho‘olawe and the rest of Hawai‘i. Sure, it takes place at 7 a.m. on a Friday morning—don’t you think getting up early is a small price to pay for justice? [ANTHONY PIGNATARO]
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