GPJA #489 (3 of 3): International News and analysis – 30/1/14

STATS OF THE WEEK QUOTES OF THE WEEK "I am convinced that if we are to get on the right side of the world revolution, we as a nation must undergo a radical revolution of values. We must rapidly begin the shift from a "thing-oriented" society to a "person-oriented" society. When machines and computers, profit motives and property rights are considered more important than people, … Continue reading GPJA #489 (3 of 3): International News and analysis – 30/1/14

GPJA #489 (2 of 3): News from Aotearoa New Zealand (26/1/14)

GLOBAL PEACE AND JUSTICE AUCKLAND NEWSLETTER No. 489, JANUARY 26, 2014 BEST ON THE WEB NEW ZEALAND Oil protestors march in Wellington http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/oil-protesters-march-in-wellington-video-5807176 Matt McCarten: Expediency overrules integrity http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11192073 ‘Little people’ at heart of nuclear-free story http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11191654 2013 Roger Award People’s Choice http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1401/S00082/2013-roger-award-peoples-choice.htm Gordon Campbell on Govt’s plans for incentivising teachers http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1401/S00057/gordon-campbell-on-govts-plans-for-incentivising-teachers.htm High cost of ‘free’ education revealed http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/high-cost-free-education-revealed-5806654 ‘Free’ schooling costs parents $35k, survey … Continue reading GPJA #489 (2 of 3): News from Aotearoa New Zealand (26/1/14)

GPJA #489 (1 of 3): Living wage rally Sat 10am

GLOBAL PEACE AND JUSTICE AUCKLAND NEWSLETTER No. 489, JANUARY 24, 2014 WHAT’S ON IN AOTEAROA/NEW ZEALAND A Living Wage is a Whanau Day – tomorrow, Saturday, January 25, 10am-3pm Saturday 25 January, Rugby League Club, Moyle Park, Bader Drive, Mangere. The purpose of the Whanau day, organised by the Living Wage, is to bring together the community to participate in a social event with our … Continue reading GPJA #489 (1 of 3): Living wage rally Sat 10am

GPJA #488 (2 of 2): International news and analysis

QUOTES OF THE WEEK

“You’re not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can’t face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it.” – Malcolm X (U.S. civil rights activist, 1925-1965)

“There is hunger for ordinary bread, and there is hunger for love, for kindness, for thoughtfulness; and this is the great poverty that makes people suffer so much.” Mother Teresa

“Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.” – Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own

“When a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw.” – Nelson Mandela

“A foolish faith in authority is the worst enemy of truth.” – Albert Einstein

FACTS OF THE WEEK

FEATURES

2013 In Review: Power, Politics and Resistance http://www.democracynow.org/2014/1/1/2013_in_review_power_politics_and

The rise of the military’s secret military – They’re called Special Operation Forces — and they’re everywhere http://www.salon.com/2014/01/08/the_rise_of_the_militarys_secret_military_partner/

Workers Stand With Locked-Out Ikea Staff http://morningstaronline.co.uk/a-2dab-Workers-stand-with-locked-out-Ikea-staff#.UsD3A_QW18E

The Media’s Absurd Hysteria About Teens and Pot: There’s very little data to suggest that cannabis causes long-lasting memory problems or an increased risk of schizophrenia. http://www.alternet.org/drugs/media-peddling-dangerous-myths-about-long-term-risks-smoking-pot-teenagers

Ripe for rebellion? http://www.economist.com/news/21589143-where-protest-likeliest-break-out-ripe-rebellion

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GPJA #488 (1 of 2): WAIHOPAI PROTESTS JAN 24-26

GLOBAL PEACE AND JUSTICE AUCKLAND NEWSLETTER No. 488, JANUARY 9 , 2014

January 24-26, 2014

CLOSE THE WAIHOPAI SPYBASE NOW! WEEKEND OF PROTEST

Waihopai does not operate in the interests of New Zealanders or our neighbours. It has no proper oversight or control from our Government. Basically it is a foreign spy base on NZ soil and directly involves us in America’s wars and America’s cynical manipulation of business and diplomatic affairs.

Organised by the Anti-Bases Campaign, P.O. Box 2258, Christchurch. E-mail abc www.converge.org.nz/abc

Saturday, January 25, 10am, Nativity Church Hall, 76 Alfred St, Blenheim

Blenheim public meeting on the morning of Saturday January 25th, on the wider issues of spying, to put Waihopai into context. We see this as a continuation of the 2013 protests and meetings about the infamous GCSB Bill (and its companion TICS Bill). SPIES AND LIES

WAIHOPAI AND GLOBAL SPYING. Speakers at that public meeting will be Steffan Browning MP, John Minto and Warren Thomson.

ABC. Anti-Bases Campaign, Box 2258, Christchurch, New Zealand. abc / www.converge.org.nz/abc / https://www.facebook.com/AotearoaABC

ANNOUNCEMENTS

GUY STANDING VISIT TO NEW ZEALAND FEBRUARY 2014

Guy Standing, author of The Precariat: The New Dangerous Class in 2011 who spoke at several events in New Zealand early this year, is coming back to NZ in February 2014. His new book A Precariat Charter: From Denizens to Citizens is due to be published in April 2014. See here. This will focus more on ‘what can be done’. As you know the CTU also published a document on insecure work in October and that included recommendations for action. A number of events are being organised (details still being finalised) including:

· Monday 24th February, 2014 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. hosted by University of Auckland and Auckland University of Technology.

· A seminar in Wellington on Wednesday 26th February (time to be confirmed)

· Discussion and brief presentation in afternoon of CTU National Affiliates Council at our 27th February meeting in Wellington

· Social event Friday late afternoon/evening in Wellington.

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