CHARLIE KIRK
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The public assassination of American conservative commentator Charlie Kirk earlier last month sent shockwaves throughout the United States — and around the world.
The 31-year-old CEO of Turning Point USA was shot in the neck and killed during a debate at Utah Valley...

![Marli Olive Wesley, Samoan-Fijian American writer, has written a Substack essay, “When Pasifika Weep for Empire”, arguing that Charlie Kirk's conservative views — anti-immigrant, anti-queer, pro-policing, pro-empire — run counter to the values of the Pacific communities now mourning him. [Photo: sourced from Marli_Olive_Wesley Substack 'Rooted and Rising.’] Marli Olive Wesley](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/marli_olive_wesley_jpg_copy.jpg?itok=lHvNlzIO)