Having trouble viewing this email? Click here International Committee for the Freedom of the Cuban 5 NEW YEAR GREETINGS FROM THE CUBAN 5 AND THEIR FAMILIES Dear Friends, Here are three letters from the Cuban 5 to their supporters around the world for Christmas and the approaching New Year. Below there is a moving video from their families in Havana. Due to the fact that … Continue reading New Year Greetings from the Cuban 5 and their Families

GLOBAL PEACE AND JUSTICE AUCKLAND NEWSLETTER No. 487, DECEMBER 18, 2013 Sat. Protest: "Justice for Migrant Workers- Stand Up Fight Back!" Paid less than legal minimum wage – Long hours – No leave. Empty promises made by the employer – threats from the employer. Navvivek Singh was forced to go through all this and much more!! He is simply asking for what is rightfully his. … Continue reading GPJA #487: Sat. Protest: “Justice for Migrant Workers- Stand Up Fight Back!”

I hope you are all planning to come if you are able…the weather forecast is fine. We have organised permission and the ground will be opened for us. We will gather (remember to bring a candle – one with a cardboard cup thing to protect against the wind if you can) in the middle of the field where the protest group stood in 1981 and … Continue reading Remembrance for Nelson Mandela – Rugby Park Hamilton – 8.30pm this Sunday 15 December – note the carpool from Unite Union at 6pm.

Kia ora koutou, My comments on Mandela’s passing are in this link: http://thedailyblog.co.nz/2013/12/09/nelson-mandela-the-triumph-and-the-tragedy/ I’ve been moved and humbled by the many messages calling for me to be included in the official delegation to attend Mandela’s funeral service. If I was invited to be a part of the delegation I’d be very happy to accept because it would better reflect New Zealand and the reality of … Continue reading Mandela’s death and the New Zealand delegation to his funeral