GPJA #444 (Part 2): International news & Analysis – 25/10/12

QUOTES OF THE WEEK “Participation of marginalised groups has precedence over the preservation of a system which excludes them.” Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand STATS OF THE WEEK French assembly votes 75% tax rate on highest earnings http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?id=n290403 Only 3 percent of America’s families have net worths over $1 million, but millionaires make up a clear majority of Congress. Since the 1980s, adds new … Continue reading GPJA #444 (Part 2): International news & Analysis – 25/10/12

GPJA #444 (Part 1): News from Aotearoa New Zealand – 24/10/12

BEST ON THE WEB NEW ZEALAND A Rally Against Anti-Semitism in the Heart of Auckland http://socialistaotearoa.blogspot.co.nz/2012/10/a-rally-against-anti-semitism-in-heart.html Hate raid despised http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/auckland-city-harbour-news/7851963/Hate-raid-despised A Rally Against Anti-Semitism in the Heart of Auckland NZ 20 Oct 2012 Auckland City Councillor Cathy Casey Courts tougher on benefit fraud than tax dodging – study http://www.3news.co.nz/Courts-tougher-on-benefit-fraud-than-tax-dodging–study/tabid/1607/articleID/273541/Default.aspx#ixzz29zJlYL9z Remember October 15th: five years of terror http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1210/S00213/remember-october-15th-five-years-of-terror.htm John Minto: Communities turfed out – you’d be … Continue reading GPJA #444 (Part 1): News from Aotearoa New Zealand – 24/10/12

GPJA #444: What’s On and Announcements (23/10/12)

GLOBAL PEACE AND JUSTICE AUCKLAND NEWSLETTER No. 444, October 23, 2012 WHAT’S ON Tuesday, October 23, 7pm, Fickling Centre, 546 Mt Albert Road, Three Kings, Auckland Public Meeting in support of Sue Moroney’s bill to extend paid parental leave from 14 to 26 weeks. Labour, Green, United Future, Maori and Mana have confirmed their support for the bill and NZ First has supported it to … Continue reading GPJA #444: What’s On and Announcements (23/10/12)

GPJA #443 (Part 2): International news & Analysis – 12/10/12

QUOTES OF THE WEEK     FEATURES Joining Forces for Another Europe http://www.socialistproject.ca/bullet/707.php George Monbiot: Colonised and coloniser, empire’s poison infects us all – Ideas that underpinned Britain’s imperial project led not only to torture in Kenya, but war and catastrophe in Europe http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/oct/08/empire-torture-kenya-catastrophe-europe LAND, LABOUR AND THE ENVIRONMENT ‘The greatest environmentalist of the 20th century’ http://climateandcapitalism.com/2012/10/03/the-greatest-environmentalist-of-the-20th-century/ Arctic ice melt, psychopathic capitalism, and the corporate … Continue reading GPJA #443 (Part 2): International news & Analysis – 12/10/12

What’s On in Aotearoa & Announcements (9/10/12)

GLOBAL PEACE AND JUSTICE AUCKLAND NEWSLETTER No. 443, October 9, 2012 WHAT’S ON Thursday, October 11, 7pm, Unite Office, 6a Western Springs Rd, Kingsland Socialist Aotearoa Screening of The Battle In Seattle, a dramatised account of the mass protest action which successfully shut down the WTO conference in Seattle in 1999. The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement summit is coming to Auckland on December 3rd-12th. Aotearoa is … Continue reading What’s On in Aotearoa & Announcements (9/10/12)

GPJA #442 (Part 2): International news & Analysis – 28/9/12

QUOTES OF THE WEEK “… the spirit of the market steals life from the vulnerable” Sir Paul Reeves quoted in Anne Salmond: Shifting New Zealand’s Mindset “The economic anarchy of capitalist society as it exists today is, in my opinion, the real source of the evil. We see before us a huge community of producers the members of which are unceasingly striving to deprive each … Continue reading GPJA #442 (Part 2): International news & Analysis – 28/9/12

AAAP to picket John Key this Friday, 11.30am at Lincoln Green, 159 Lincoln Rd, Henderson – What’s On Update

Kia ora AAAP supporters, We just wanted to let you and your organisation’s know that Auckland Action Against Poverty will be picketing John Key this Friday, 11.30am, at Lincoln Green, 159 Lincoln Road Henderson. This picket will be family friendly with children’s entertainment provided. The picket will be outside of a charity event that Key is speaking at which is raising money for the children’s … Continue reading AAAP to picket John Key this Friday, 11.30am at Lincoln Green, 159 Lincoln Rd, Henderson – What’s On Update

GPJA #442 (Part 1): News from Aotearoa New Zealand – 24/9/12

QUOTES OF THE WEEK “… the spirit of the market steals life from the vulnerable” Sir Paul Reeves quoted in Anne Salmond: Shifting New Zealand’s Mindset Sir Paul Reeves BEST ON THE WEB NEW ZEALAND Dotcom illegal spies – how their secrets were reveale http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10836311 Kim Dotcom and the GCSB http://publicaddress.net/legalbeagle/kim-dotcom-and-the-gcsb/ Dotcom Snooping More Evidence GCSB is Not under Control http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1209/S00324/dotcom-snooping-more-evidence-gcsb-is-not-under-control.htm Multiple arrests at welfare … Continue reading GPJA #442 (Part 1): News from Aotearoa New Zealand – 24/9/12

WHAT’S ON IN AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND – 18/9/12

SPECIAL GPJA MEETING: 7.30pm on Monday 24 September at Trades Hall, 147 Great North Rd. Countdown to the TPPA round in December: It’s just been announced that the next round of Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement negotiations will be in Auckland from 3rd to 15th December. That gives us about 10 weeks to plan and educate. As a first step Global Peace and Justice Auckland is holding … Continue reading WHAT’S ON IN AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND – 18/9/12

GPJA #440 (Part 2): International news & Analysis – 6/9/12

  FEATURES Where the Mob Keeps Its Money http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/26/opinion/sunday/where-the-mob-keeps-its-money.html More than a cyclist – There’s more to Lance Armstrong’s popularity than his performance on a bicycle. http://socialistworker.org/2012/08/27/more-than-a-cyclist After capitalism: ‘We deserve a political and economic system that redistributes both wealth and the decisions about how it is used’ – videoGuardian columnist George Monbiot argues that a world after capitalism is not a communist state but … Continue reading GPJA #440 (Part 2): International news & Analysis – 6/9/12