THINK HAWAI`I CANʻT BECOME FREE?
Check out this article on the United Kingdom (UK) returning the CHAGOS ISLANDS to the Republic of Mauritius (a former British colony). https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c98ynejg4l5o
It is an issue I’ve been tracking and speaking into at the United Nations for the past 10 years … because it is parallel to our situation… the manipulation of the UN decolonization process by a colonial power — the UK with Mauritius and the US with Hawai`i.
When the Republic of Mauritius, a former colony of the UK, gained its independence in 1968, the UK withheld the Chagos Islands Archipelago from the new nation. Then the UK leased the largest of the islands, Diego Garcia, to the US to build a large naval base. Like Pearl Harbor in the Pacific, Diego Garcia, is the principal US military base in the Indian Ocean to project US military power in the region. Diego Garcia played a major role in the Gulf War (Kuwait), the Iraqi War and the war in Afghanistan.
Here's a photo of me and my friend, Mehmet sukru Guzel, in front of the UN in Geneva with his then (2019 ) new book, The Chagos Archipelago Case in the International Court of Justice. It provides an excellent analysis of the situation.
