WALTER RITTE
Walter Ritte (Born April 12, 1945) has been a pillar of social activism in Hawaiʻi for over 40 years. Below are resources where you can find videos, articles and books on his leadership throughout the years.
VIDEOS
Reclaiming Kahoolawe - History of Bombing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGOPMpoJ_1c
February 27, 2009
Walter Ritte - on Hawaiian Rights
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNssmhmIsaU
July 3, 2020
ARTICLES
Kahoolawe 1976: Walter Ritte on trial
https://www.ilind.net/gallery_old/ritte1976/index.htm
April 1976
It’s the anniversary of the first protest landing on Kahoolawe on January 4, 1976
January 4, 2015
Episode 49: The founding of the Protect Kaho‘olawe ʻOhana with Walter Ritte
February 5, 2016
Uncle Walter Ritte, on Reclaiming Kaho'olawe
https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/37580583/listen-uncle-walter-ritte-on-reclaiming-kahoolawe/
February 23, 2018
BOOKS
Mary Ellen Snodgrass (8 April 2015). Civil Disobedience: An Encyclopedic History of Dissidence in the United States. Routledge. p. 177. ISBN 978-1-317-47441-8.
https://books.google.com/books?id=mGrxBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA177#v=onepage&q&f=false
Mansel G. Blackford (2007). Pathways to the Present: U.s. Development and Its Consequences in the Pacific. University of Hawaii Press. p. 45. ISBN 978-0-8248-3073-1.
https://books.google.com/books?id=LjYe0SSy5cIC&pg=PA45#v=onepage&q&f=false
Wayne Westlake; Mei-Li M. Siy; Richard Hamasaki (2009). Westlake: Poems by Wayne Kaumualii Westlake (1947-1984). University of Hawaii Press. p. 21. ISBN 978-0-8248-3067-0.
https://books.google.com/books?id=ZhvGvJzSRjoC&pg=PR21#v=onepage&q=walter&f=false
Walter Ritte; Richard W. Sawyer (1980). Nā Mana'o Aloha O Kaho'olawe. Aloha 'Āina O Nā Kūpuna. p. 9.
VIDEOS
Walter Ritte on GMO issues - University of Hawaii
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjuPIJbPlPA
January 29, 2013
WALTER RITTE: GMO Eradication
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qSgGmFf4Nc&feature=emb_title
December 14, 2013
ARTICLES
Taro Research Protested on Kauai
http://www.islandbreath.org/2007Year/01-farming/0701-14KauaiGMOProtest.html
August 15, 2007
Maui Rally Against GMO Draws Strong Turnout
https://mauinow.com/2013/03/23/photos-maui-rally-against-gmo-draws-strong-turnout/
March 23, 2013
Hawai'i Anti-GMO Activists Rely On Mainland Millionaires For 'Grassroots' Campaign
October 2, 2013
VIDEOS
ARTICLES
REPORT OF MOLOKAI WATER WORKING GROUP
https://www.mauicounty.gov/DocumentCenter/View/4516/MolWtrWorkingGrpMay08?bidId=
May 2008
With 55K acres up for sale, Molokai residents unite to send a message
October 28, 2017
Activists demand water diverted for Molokaʻi ranch be restored
July 1, 2019
Molokai group seeks to restore stream flows
https://www.mauinews.com/news/local-news/2019/07/molokai-group-seeks-to-restore-stream-flows/
July 2, 2019
Molokai Ranch’s use of stream water is challenged
July 2, 2019
Moloka‘i Group Demands Stream Flow Restoration
https://mauinow.com/2019/07/02/molokai-group-demands-stream-flow-restoration/
July 2, 2019
With Moloka'i Ranch Up for Sale, Community Seeks To Reclaim Streams
https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/post/molokai-ranch-sale-community-seeks-reclaim-streams#stream/0
July 4, 2019
A Call for Stream Restoration
https://themolokaidispatch.com/a-call-for-stream-restoration/
July 11, 2019
VIDEOS
Walter Ritte Speaks about Mauna Kea in Hilo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9q1rBwhDLI
June 23, 2015
Hawaiian activist Walter Ritte, on protests at Mauna Kea
https://www.facebook.com/HawaiiNewsNow/videos/922683021403137
July 15, 2019
Mauna Kea Protectors Chained to Cattle Guard to Stop TMT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHM45r9fIdA
July 16, 2019
ARTICLES
Molokai’s Walter Ritte recalls Kahoolawe amid Mauna Kea struggle
July 21, 2019
Why Native Hawaiians are fighting to protect Maunakea from a telescope
https://www.vox.com/identities/2019/7/24/20706930/mauna-kea-hawaii
July 24, 2019
Longtime Native Hawaiian Activist Announces Run For House Seat
https://www.civilbeat.org/beat/longtime-native-hawaiian-activist-announces-run-for-house-seat/
February 19, 2020
Protest against a billion-dollar telescope in Hawaii grows to 1,000 people, leading to brief arrests
July 18, 2019