KAUA`I PATRIOTS IN SOLIDARITY FOR A FREE HAWAI`I
LIHU`E — While an estimated 5,000 demonstrators protested the state of Hawai`i’s stance on so-called ceded lands in Honolulu, roughly 15 assembled at the junction of Kapule Highway and Ahukini Road in Lihu`e in a sign of solidarity Saturday.
Katy Rose, a member of Kaua`i Alliance for Peace and Social Justice who helped organize the sympathy rally, said the 116th anniversary of the 1893 overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy is a “very significant date to keep history in people’s consciousness and brings up the pressing question of Governor Linda Lingle’s appeal to the US Supreme Court.”
“Most of us that were out there today were not Hawaiian people, but it’s our responsibility as non-Hawaiians to show that we stand side-by-side with Hawaiians, that we stand for justice for Hawaiian people, and that we don’t want Lingle to successfully divide our communities from each other,” Rose said.
