05-15-2015, 09:16 AM
as the publish timing and subject matter coincide with comments previously made here in this thread, i believe i may have stumbled across one of the sources shedding light on the clandestine involvement of the U.S. military-industrial complex with the astronomy-industry development on Mauna Kea.
this essay written by David Maile, originally published in The Red Nation, part 1 republished on May 13, 2015 in The Hawaii Independent,
title: Science, time and Mauna a Wakea: the Thirty-Meter Telescope’s capitalist-colonialist violence
http://hawaiiindependent.net/story/scien...alist-colo
to read area directly relevant, see section Science is Militarist, directly below sections Science Matters, Science Is Colonialist, and Science Is Racist.
"Science is Militarist
We might also understand this colonial and racial violence leveled at Hawaiians in the context of astronomy-industry development’s collaboration with the U.S. military. In her Civil Beat article, Jessica Terrell admitted that some of the 13 pre-existing telescopes at Mauna Kea are utilized to develop military technology.
...The truth is that current telescopes at Mauna Kea are working on technology that bolsters U.S. military power. Meanwhile, the U.S. maintains an army training ground at Pohakuloa in the saddle between Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa, and militarization of Hawai‘i has been and continues to be incredibly violent and seemingly insatiable. Although my central focus is a critique of the TMT’s capitalist-colonialist violence, its relationship with the U.S. military-industrial complex, as well as Hawai‘i’s violent and ongoing militarization by U.S. empire, should not be disregarded. This is especially concerning as the TMT’s potential collaboration with U.S. empire is being funded by governments like Canada, Japan, China, and India."
sardonic jest: hopefully this essay will help allow a better understanding among our guests of this important Kanaka Maoli issue and lead to a negotiated middle-ground with my people and our sacred Lahui Hawai‘i.
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added edit: i could not seem to locate the Civil Beat article by Jessica Terrell referenced to in this essay.
this essay written by David Maile, originally published in The Red Nation, part 1 republished on May 13, 2015 in The Hawaii Independent,
title: Science, time and Mauna a Wakea: the Thirty-Meter Telescope’s capitalist-colonialist violence
http://hawaiiindependent.net/story/scien...alist-colo
to read area directly relevant, see section Science is Militarist, directly below sections Science Matters, Science Is Colonialist, and Science Is Racist.
"Science is Militarist
We might also understand this colonial and racial violence leveled at Hawaiians in the context of astronomy-industry development’s collaboration with the U.S. military. In her Civil Beat article, Jessica Terrell admitted that some of the 13 pre-existing telescopes at Mauna Kea are utilized to develop military technology.
...The truth is that current telescopes at Mauna Kea are working on technology that bolsters U.S. military power. Meanwhile, the U.S. maintains an army training ground at Pohakuloa in the saddle between Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa, and militarization of Hawai‘i has been and continues to be incredibly violent and seemingly insatiable. Although my central focus is a critique of the TMT’s capitalist-colonialist violence, its relationship with the U.S. military-industrial complex, as well as Hawai‘i’s violent and ongoing militarization by U.S. empire, should not be disregarded. This is especially concerning as the TMT’s potential collaboration with U.S. empire is being funded by governments like Canada, Japan, China, and India."
sardonic jest: hopefully this essay will help allow a better understanding among our guests of this important Kanaka Maoli issue and lead to a negotiated middle-ground with my people and our sacred Lahui Hawai‘i.
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added edit: i could not seem to locate the Civil Beat article by Jessica Terrell referenced to in this essay.