Month: April 2025

Newsletters, Uncategorized

Today 5pm Dinner & Conversation with the Cuban Ambassador

🍽 Dinner & Conversation with the Cuban Ambassador to New Zealand 🗓 Sunday, April 27, 2025 ⏰ 5:00 PM – Dinner, followed by Q&A 📍 First Union Conference Room, 120 Church Street, Onehunga, Auckland (Koha would be appreciated for the dinner; suggested $10) Join the Auckland Cuba Friendship Society for a special evening with: 🎙 His Excellency Luis Morejón Rodríguez, Cuban Ambassador to New Zealand … Continue reading Today 5pm Dinner & Conversation with the Cuban Ambassador

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Local News, Mike Treen

Anzac Day: Remembering the futility of wars for empire!

By Mike Treen Anzac Day is important to remember because of the utter futility of being part of an imperialist military alliance. New Zealand casualties in that war, killed or wounded, were 58%. That is equal to one-quarter of the adult male population. Our death rate of those who served at 16.6% was higher than that suffered by Germany! “The total number of New Zealand … Continue reading Anzac Day: Remembering the futility of wars for empire!

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Newsletters

Solidarity Spotlight – May Day 2025

A recommended newsletter by UnionAID that can be subscribed to here Standing together this May Day Issue 40 Standing together this May Day Next week’s International Workers’ Day (May Day) will see workers worldwide unite in their continued fight for decent work and fair wages. Despite more than a century of progress since the historic struggles that gave birth to May Day, the fundamental issues … Continue reading Solidarity Spotlight – May Day 2025

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Events, Newsletters

Stand with Cuba! Join Us for Two Important Events – April 24 and 27

📜 Information Picket at the U.S. Consulate 🗓 Thursday, April 24, 2025 ⏰ 3:30 PM – 5:30 PM Britomart Place, corner of Quay Street, opposite the Ferry Building Join us for an informational picket to raise awareness about U.S. policies towards Cuba and their impact on New Zealand. We will be distributing leaflets and engaging with the public to expose the ongoing economic war against … Continue reading Stand with Cuba! Join Us for Two Important Events – April 24 and 27

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Global News

The dangers behind Trump’s Trade War

Liberation day Source: Michael Roberts Blog It’s not April Fools day (1 April). But it might as well be as later today US President Donald Trump announces another barrage of tariffs on imports into the US in what Trump calls ‘Liberation Day’ and what America’s voice of big business and finance, the Wall Street journal, has called “the dumbest trade war in history.” In this … Continue reading The dangers behind Trump’s Trade War

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