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Hawaii

One of the victims of the massacre

The Hilo massacre, 1938

Detailed history of the Hilo massacre, Hawaii's Bloody Monday, when police opened fire at a crowd of unarmed striking longshoremen, injuring 50,…

1946: The Great Hawai'i' Sugar Strike

In 1946 sugar plantation workers across the islands of Hawaii from all ethnic backgrounds shutdown the entire plantation system in the states…

1949: Hawaii Longshoreman Strike

Longshoremen in Hawaii were paid less than other longshoreman in the United States. They struck to get an equal pay rate, and were out for 177…
Troops from U.S.S. Boston occupying Arlington Hotel grounds

The US annexation of Hawaii, 1893

An account of the overthrowing of the Kingdom of Hawaii and its annexation orchestrated by an American diplomat, written by Stephen Kinzer.
ILWU Hawaii mural

Hawaii: class militancy or cultural patriotism?

An examination of the reactionary aspects of some of the cultural politics in Hawaii.
Neoliberals Kevin Johnson and Michelle Rhee

Corporate school reformers on "ethics in education" at the University of Hawaii

On August 7th, 2012, the University of Hawaii hosted a wildly misnomered "Ethics in Education" event…
The school at which a Hawaiin teacher allegedly negotiated drug deals during school hours

Dividing and conquering the working class with drug testing: Hawaii teachers, coercion and a failure of working class solidarity

This is a piece written by an anonymous teacher in Hawaii in response to the…

Worker sabotage in a Honolulu pineapple factory

Everyday sabotage and work-reduction in a Hawaii pineapple plant, by Lance, a pineapple packer.

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