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GPJA #440 (Part 1): News from Aotearoa New Zealand – 5/9/12

ANNOUNCEMENTS WE ARE BETTER THAN THAT Would you kindly spread this to friends, enemies and everyone in between? I have just put up a new Facebook page called, “We Are Better Than That”, my latest effort to bury this awful, proposed asylum detention bill. Would you kindly ask folks to ‘Like’ the page and then share it with their friends? I have also directed and … Continue reading GPJA #440 (Part 1): News from Aotearoa New Zealand – 5/9/12

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GPJA #439 (Part 2): International news & Analysis – 22/8/12

QUOTES OF THE WEEK     FEATURES John Pilger – Obama and Empire Right-wingers are less intelligent than left wingers, says study http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2095549/Right-wingers-intelligent-left-wingers-says-controversial-study–conservative-politics-lead-people-racist.html#ixzz23DEdnc2f Naomi Wolf: The new totalitarianism of surveillance technology – If you think that 24/7 tracking of citizens by biometric recognition systems is paranoid fantasy, just read the industry newsletters http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/aug/15/new-totalitarianism-surveillance-technology Exposing the Transnational Ruling Class – The Global 1% by Peter Phillips … Continue reading GPJA #439 (Part 2): International news & Analysis – 22/8/12

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GPJA #437: Part 2. International news & Analysis – 8/8/12

QUOTES OF THE WEEK   “I’m Aboriginal, representing my culture, not only my country but all my people as well. I’m very proud and that’s what I wanted to do and I’m happy I did it.” Damien Hooper, Australian aboriginal Olympic athlete “What the Supreme Court did in Citizens United is to say to these same billionaires and the corporations they control: ‘You own and … Continue reading GPJA #437: Part 2. International news & Analysis – 8/8/12

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GPJA #437: Part 1. News from Aotearoa New Zealand – 7/8/12

NEW ZEALAND GPJA: Bring New Zealand troops home http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1208/S00076/bring-new-zealand-troops-home.htm Gordon Campbell on the haste and waste involved in us staying in Afghanistan http://gordoncampbell.scoop.co.nz/2012/08/06/gordon-campbell-on-the-haste-and-waste-involved-in-us-staying-in-afghanistan/ Deaths underline need to get out http://www.nzherald.co.nz/politics/news/article.cfm?c_id=280&objectid=10825090 Two more NZ soldiers killed in Afghanistan – why are we occupying this corrupt narco state for America’s war of terror? http://tumeke.blogspot.co.nz/2012/08/two-more-nz-soldiers-killed-in.html Review threatens big rent rises for state tenants http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10824511 Crown admits Treaty breaches … Continue reading GPJA #437: Part 1. News from Aotearoa New Zealand – 7/8/12

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WHAT’S ON IN AOTEAROA 6/8/12

REMEMBERING HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI IN AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND Below are the details of remaining commemorative events and public meetings to mark the 67th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima (6 August 1945) and Nagasaki (9 August 1945). These listings are available online at http://www.icanw.org.nz NATIONAL Ongoing until Saturday, 11 August – Hibakusha national speaking tour: Ms Shigeko Sasamori and Mr Michimasa (Michi) Hirata, hibakusha … Continue reading WHAT’S ON IN AOTEAROA 6/8/12

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WHAT’S ON: Quebec student leader speaks this week

THE NAKED TRUTH ABOUT QUEBEC’S STUDENT STRIKE: WEDNESDAY, 1 AUGUST, 7PM, B15 LECTURE THEATRE AUCK. UNI. “This isn’t a student strike, it’s the awakening of society”. That’s what the lead banner of a recent march of 25,000 people read as it wound around the streets of Montreal. When the Quebec Provincial Government attacked education and tried rewriting the social contract of the 60’s guaranteeing free … Continue reading WHAT’S ON: Quebec student leader speaks this week

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22/7/12: What’s on in Aotearoa – Picket fast food pokies Sat July 28

PICKET FAST FOOD POKIES 10AM SAT JULY 28 Following the public meeting last week Mana is organising a picket of the fast-food pokies outlet in Otara. These pokies are continuing to steal from the community despite having their venue licence cancelled by the Department of Internal Affairs. Mana wants to CLOSE THE FAST-FOOD POKIES. Saturday 28th July 10am. 120 East Tamaki Road, Otara (just along … Continue reading 22/7/12: What’s on in Aotearoa – Picket fast food pokies Sat July 28

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GPJA #434: National protests against asset sales this Saturday

GLOBAL PEACE AND JUSTICE AUCKLAND NEWSLETTER No. 434, July 13 , 2012 Asset sales protests planned in twelve cities: Twelve protests are planned across Aotearoa for 14 July against National’s privatisation and corporatisation programme. Thirty protesters auctioned off John Key’s mansion this afternoon as street theatre and creative opposition spreads. There is continuing pressure in the courts from Iwi after a landmark Supreme Court decision … Continue reading GPJA #434: National protests against asset sales this Saturday

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GPJA #433: Part 2. International news & Analysis – 6/7/12

QUOTES OF THE WEEK   “What remains of democracy is largely the right to choose among commodities. Business leaders have long explained the need to impose on the population a ‘philosophy of futility’ and ‘lack of purpose in life’ to ‘concentrate human attention on the more superficial things that comprise much of fashionable consumption’. Deluged by such propaganda from infancy, people may then accept their … Continue reading GPJA #433: Part 2. International news & Analysis – 6/7/12

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GPJA #432: Part 2. International news & Analysis – 29/6/12

CULTURAL DISSENT The Violent Visions of Slavoj Žižek http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2012/jul/12/violent-visions-slavoj-zizek/ QUOTES OF THE WEEK “This is the world’s biggest banks stealing money that would otherwise have gone toward textbooks and medicine and housing for ordinary Americans, and turning the cash into sports cars and bonuses for the already rich. It’s the equivalent of robbing a charity or a church fund to pay for lap dances.” Matt … Continue reading GPJA #432: Part 2. International news & Analysis – 29/6/12

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