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Oct 2, 2026
Hawaiʻi’s Fight Against US Militarization
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Jessica BuxbaumHOST
But are there other US military bases in Hawaii that are also up for renegotiation in 2029? And perhaps, if so, what are maybe the future plans for those lands as well?
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11:37Laurel Mei-SinghGUEST
So I wanna start by emphasizing that a tremendous amount of military lands are actually Native Hawaiian crown and government lands under arrangements made in the 1800s.
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11:57Laurel Mei-SinghGUEST
Before it was occupied by the United States, it was a Hawaiian monarchy with rulers.
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12:02Laurel Mei-SinghGUEST
So this is the argument that there are many arguments that the Hawaiian monarchy has not been fully dissolved, and the kingdom persists.
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Jessica BuxbaumHOST
And can you talk a little bit about that? What do you want people to perhaps unlearn about this idea of Asians as settlers in Hawaii, and how is this important to understanding the fight for Hawaiian independence and sovereignty and self-determination?