DeOccupy Honolulu still relevant challenge to status quo

By H. Doug Matsuoka

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Jul 09, 2012

~~<p>As I write this, the smoke is still clearing from the raucous, beery entertainment that the commemoration of the war of American independence has become.</p>
<p>But I don't want to get into the politics of that at the moment. I want to argue that DeOccupy Honolulu, the encampment that continues at the corner of Ward Avenue and Beretania Street, is the most persistent and pointed challenge to the political status quo in many a year.</p>
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As I write this, the smoke is still clearing from the raucous, beery entertainment that the commemoration of the war of American independence has become.

But I don't want to get into the politics of that at the moment. I want to argue that DeOccupy Honolulu, the encampment that continues at the corner of Ward Avenue and Beretania Street, is the most persistent and pointed challenge to the political status quo in many a year. Login for more...