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      A woman perfomrs a hula dance in front of a crowd of mourners.

      A Call to Remembrance and Action for Hawaiian History Month

      This September, we must acknowledge that the same greed that toppled the Hawaiian Kingdom has just destroyed Lāhainā and its people.

      Steven Marquardt
      Sep 05, 2023

      Aloha. A warm welcome and a fond farewell. An essence of being—with love, peace, compassion, and mutual respect. A way of living in harmony with the people and land around us with mercy, sympathy, grace, and kindness. Aloha to this September’s Hawaiian History Month.

      This month my people are hurting. The deadliest wildfire in Hawai‘i’s history just devastated the town of Lāhainā on Maui, the historic town that served as the first capital of the Hawaiian Kingdom. This was the deadliest wildfire in the United States in a century. At least 115 people have been killed. Hundreds are still missing and unaccounted for. The land search for survivors was completed on August 28, and survivors are no longer expected. The suffering is incomprehensible. Suffering that now stacks on top of the Hawaiian peoples’ continued suffering from the illegal occupation of their land.

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      Demonstrators protest in Lima, Peru.

      Authoritarianism and Neocolonialism Intersect in Peru

      In Latin American, the neoliberal agenda and how it has been implemented in ways that are not entirely democratic has a structure that can be painfully familiar.

      Justina Poskeviciute
      Sep 01, 2023

      Since December 2022, Peruvians have been on the streets demanding early elections and the resignation of President Dina Boluarte.

      Yet in Peru elections are more than a desired constitutional process—they are about resisting exploitation and neocolonialism that are threatening to intensify their grip on the country's marginalized communities.

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      A man in a face mask removes items from the ashes of his home.

      A Just Recovery for Maui Must Center Native Hawaiians

      As we look forward to how we not only rebuild, but work to reduce the threat of these climate change-fueled disasters, we have to change who is leading this work.

      Dr. Marcus Kawika Iwane
      Dr. Nicole Mahealani Lum, D.O.
      Aug 30, 2023

      In the wake of the Maui fires, Governor Josh Green moved to prevent the sale of land to outside investors in an effort to prevent disaster capitalism, a common pattern we’ve seen play out in the wake of disasters from Hurricane Katrina to the tsunami in Thailand. This is an important first step to prevent further displacement of Native Hawaiians, but it only scratches the surface of a deeper issue.

      In the days after the devastating wildfires on Maui, we saw patients with burns, wounds, infections, chronic disease flare-ups, displacement and, overwhelmingly, mental health crises. Neither of us would have ever imagined experiencing such a tragic crisis as a physician or seeing the amount of devastation right here at home. Treating these patients—and hundreds of Native Hawaiians in our careers—brings to life what research shows: When Native Hawaiians’ connection to land is severed, we suffer.

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