May 1, 2026 Hilo Peace Vigil leaflet.on hate and violence
jim albertini
Stop the Wars! Stop the Violence!
Hate only breads more hate. Violence only breads more violence. At the White House Correspondence’ Dinner, hate and violence, like chickens, once again came home to roost. Very sad! Political violence, and all other forms of violence, are on the rise. Together, we must stop it.
This is where we are today. Our world is on the violent precipice of extinction through Climate Catastrophe and Global Nuclear War. The World Meteorological Association (WMO) says the world is heating up at the rate of 12 Hiroshima size bombs exploded every second. “Drill Baby Drill”, raging storms and wildfires, and “Bomb Iran back to the Stone Ages where they belong,” all go together, hand in hand.
“The choice is not between violence
and nonviolence but between nonviolence and nonexistence.”
— Martin Luther King Jr.
Spoken more than 50 years ago! Still true, but are we listening?
On April 22, 2026, sixty two
US Veterans were arrested in a solemn disciplined peaceful
protest
in the US Capitol Rotunda calling for an end to the US
War on Iran.
See a video of the protest here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGAYeaiZbEE
Over 100 US legal experts
condemn US/Israel strikes on Iran as possible ‘war crimes’
The US plans to actually spend $2.5 TRILLION as its National Security Budget in 2027.
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/04/10/americas-2-5-trillion-national-security-budget-for-fy-2027/
Stand Firm on Moral Ground: Violence Never! Aloha Forever!
Peace, Justice, and Aloha ‘Aina are a Victory for All
1. Mourn all victims of violence. 2. Reject violence & war as solutions. 3. Defend civil liberties.
4. Oppose all discrimination: anti-Islamic, anti-Semitic, anti-Hawaiian, anti-Black, anti-Asian, anti-Russian, anti-LGBTQ, etc.
5. Seek peace through peaceful means and work for justice in Hawai`i and around the world.
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May 1, 2026, Hilo Peace Vigil leaflet – week 1283– Fridays 3:30-5 PM downtown Post Office
-- Jim Albertini Malu 'Aina Center For Non-violent Education & Action P.O. Box 489 Ola'a (Kurtistown) Hawai'i 96760 Phone 808-966-7622 Email j...@malu-aina.org Visit us on the web at www.malu-aina.org