Sunday, November 13, 2011

11-11-14 Occupy with Aloha

Singer crashes Obama summit with 'Occupy' song

A group of protesters march against the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit taking place in Honolulu, Hawaii on November 12. A popular Hawaiian recording artist turned a top-security dinner of Pacific Rim leaders hosted by President Barack Obama into a subtle protest with a song in support of the "Occupy" movement. (AFP Photo/Richard A. Brooks)

A group of protesters march against the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) 


A popular Hawaiian recording artist turned a top-security dinner ofPacific Rim leaders hosted by President Barack Obama into a subtle protest with a song in support of the "Occupy" movement.

Makana, who goes by one name, was enlisted to play a luau, or Hawaiian feast, Saturday night for leaders assembled in Obama's birthplace Honolulu for an annual summit that is formulating plans for a Pacific free-trade pact.

But in the midst of the dinner on the resort strip Waikiki Beach, he pulled open his jacket to reveal a T-shirt that read "Occupy with Aloha," using the Hawaiian word whose various meanings include love and peace. He then sang a marathon version of his new song "We Are The Many."

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