GLOBAL PEACE AND JUSTICE AUCKLAND NEWSLETTER No. 472, AUGUST 10, 2013 URGENT Appeal for donations to pay for Town Hall Hire: The GCSB Public meeting in the Town Hall will cost6 close to $7,000 for the venue alone – $4500 +GST for basic hire and $1750 + GST for compulsory security, ushers and sound. We collected $3000 on the GCSB March but we urgently need … Continue reading GPJA #472: Anti-GCSB meeting Monday 19th – Funds needed
GLOBAL PEACE AND JUSTICE AUCKLAND NEWSLETTER No. 471, AUGUST 6, 2013 REMEMBERING HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI By David Krieger http://www.hiroshimacommittee.org/RememberingNagasaki&Hiroshima.htm John Pilger: The lies of Hiroshima live on, props in the war crimes of the 20th century http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2008/aug/06/secondworldwar.warcrimes This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Hiroshima and the Roots of American Secrecy http://www.thenation.com/blog/175579/week-nation-history-hiroshima-and-roots-american-secrecy#axzz2bAZ6r3Sg WHAT’S ON IN AOTEAROA/NEW ZEALAND Wednesday, August 7, 6pm, Henderson Council Chamber Civic Building (Level … Continue reading GPJA #471: Remembering Hiroshima; What’s On; News from Aotearoa & the world (6/8/13)
GLOBAL PEACE AND JUSTICE AUCKLAND NEWSLETTER No. 470 (Part 2) , AUGUST 1, 2013 For new readers this is the second part of a two part newsletter. The first part covered news on the anti-GSB protests plus a list of coming events that may be of interest. This newsletter continues with links on the GCSB debate plus the new revelations around the surveillance of journalists. … Continue reading GPJA #470 (Part 2 of 2): News from Aotearoa and around the world
GLOBAL PEACE AND JUSTICE AUCKLAND NEWSLETTER No. 468, JULY 12, 2013 WHAT’S ON IN AOTEAROA/NEW ZEALAND Saturday, July 13, 12pm, Upper Hut Library A cultural and artistic event celebrating the life and work of Nobel Prize Chilean poet – Pablo Neruda. This year marks the 40-year anniversary of his death and the 40-year anniversary of the military coup in Chile – this event is framed … Continue reading GPJA #468: Whats On / Aotearoa news / International
GLOBAL PEACE AND JUSTICE AUCKLAND NEWSLETTER No. 467, JULY 4, 2013 MCSTRIKE – JOIN THE PICKET ON QUEEN ST THIS FRIDAY On the freezing night of Thursday 27th June, Unite Union Picket lines outside Queen St McDonald’s were attacked by private security thugs and the police . The union delegate, Siddhata Vyas, was not allowed access her own workplace, neither were Union officials in contravention … Continue reading GPJA # 467: Fri – McStrike / Sat – Beggar Ban / Sun – Minto 4 Mayor
STATS OF THE WEEK QUOTES OF THE WEEK “Try as I may I can not escape the sound of suffering. Perhaps as an old man I will accept suffering with insouciance. But not now; men in their prime, if they have convictions are tasked to act on them.” – Julian Assange, 2007 “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can … Continue reading GPJA #466 (2 of 2): International news & analysis
STATS OF THE WEEK The number of New York Times articles that mention inequality, notes University of California at Berkeley sociologist Claude Fischer, has increased from an average about 90 a year in the 1990s to 840 a year in the 2000s to about 2,700 a year since the start of 2010. Since 1980 in the USA, as analyst David Cay Johnston noted last week, … Continue reading GPJA #465 (3 of 3): International news and analysis
SOLIDARITY WITH THE PEOPLE OF TURKEY! SHOW YOUR SOLIDARITY WITH THE PEOPLE OF TURKEY ON SAT (8 JUNE) 2PM – AOTEA SQUARE. Bring your flags, placards, wear Turkish hats, Tee-shirts etc. The people of Turkey have protested in 67 of Turkey’s 81 provinces, according to Turkey’s semi-official Anadolu News Agency. There have been reports of confrontations in the capital, Ankara, as well as the port … Continue reading GPJA #464 (3 of 3): Support the people of Turkey Sat 2pm; International news and analysis – 6/6/13
GLOBAL PEACE AND JUSTICE AUCKLAND NEWSLETTER No. 463, May 25, 2013 STATS OF THE WEEK – Back in 1996, the developed world’s top 10 percent took home 8.9 times the income of the bottom 10 percent. That gap in 2010: 9.8 times. Over those same years, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development reports, the U.S. gap between top and bottom 10 percent rose from … Continue reading GPJA #463 (3 of 3): International news & analysis
WHAT’S ON IN AOTEAROA/NEW ZEALAND Friday, May 17, 11am, Outside Vector Arena, Mahuhu Cres, Auckland City Post-Budget Picket of John Key: All friends who strongly oppose National’s ongoing war on the poor via its cruel welfare reforms, attacks on workers and total lack of any commitment to decent job creation are invited to join us in picketing John Key when he gives his Post-Budget address … Continue reading GPJA #462 (2 of 2): Post Budget Picket of John Key 11am Friday / International news and analysis
GPJA 