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GPJA #461 (Part 1/3): Forum Monday – Time to scrap the GCSB and Waihopai

GLOBAL PEACE AND JUSTICE AUCKLAND NEWSLETTER No. 461, May 1, 2013 Stop Press: 8.30am Thurs – Picket Pak ‘N Save, 67 Cavendish Drive – Stop youth Rates and 90-day right to sack Facebook event here: https://www.facebook.com/events/152738678233034/ Herald Article on today’s picket (just a snippet of the media coverage received): http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10880844   GPJA FORUM: Monday, May 6, 7.30pm, Trades Hall, 147 Great North Rd, Grey Lynn, … Continue reading GPJA #461 (Part 1/3): Forum Monday – Time to scrap the GCSB and Waihopai

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GPJA #460 (Part 2 of 2): International news and views

QUOTES OF THE WEEK “Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect.” – Chief Seattle, Duwamish (1780-1866) Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality. … Whatever affects one directly, affects … Continue reading GPJA #460 (Part 2 of 2): International news and views

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GPJA #460 (Part 1 of 2): Mobilise against asset sales this Saturday!

GLOBAL PEACE AND JUSTICE AUCKLAND NEWSLETTER No. 460, April 26, 2013 POWER TO THE PEOPLE – DAY OF ACTION APRIL 27 Time for the Government to listen to the majority of New Zealand. a National Day of Action organised by the Aotearoa is Not For Sale Coalition to stop Asset Sales. Now endorsed by the Labour party, NZ First, the Mana Movement, CTU, Unions Auckland, … Continue reading GPJA #460 (Part 1 of 2): Mobilise against asset sales this Saturday!

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GPJA #459 (Part 3/3): International news and views

STATS OF THE WEEK Gun deaths in the U.S. in 2011: more than 11,000; in Japan that year, seven. From foreign terrorism in the U.S. that year: 0. “What should shock and outrage us is that as the top 1 percent has grown extremely rich, the effective tax rates they pay have markedly decreased. ” Joseph Stiglitz, A Tax System Stacked Against the 99 Percent, … Continue reading GPJA #459 (Part 3/3): International news and views

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GPJA #459 (Part2/3): News from Aotearoa

BEST ON THE WEB NEW ZEALAND NZ Born Father Michael Lapsley, Victim of Terrorism, Sends a Letter to Obama in Support of the Five http://www.cubaminrex.cu/en/father-michael-lapsley-victim-terrorism-sends-letter-obama-support-five Run, John, Run! By Chris Trotter http://thedailyblog.co.nz/2013/04/15/run-john-run/ John Minto after mayoralty http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10877369 John Minto for Auckland mayor? http://www.3news.co.nz/John-Minto-for-Auckland-mayor/tabid/1607/articleID/294449/Default.aspx Eight Out of Ten Want Sea Protest Move Halted http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1304/S00170/eight-out-of-ten-want-sea-protest-move-halted.htm Oil protesters shut down Shell meeting http://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/252387/oil-protesters-shut-down-shell-meeting ‘Please explain’ on prosecution rates … Continue reading GPJA #459 (Part2/3): News from Aotearoa

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GPJA #459 (Part 1/3): What’s On in Aotearoa

GLOBAL PEACE AND JUSTICE AUCKLAND NEWSLETTER No. 459, April 17, 2013 ANNOUNCEMENTS NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PALESTINE Kia Ora Koutou supporters of Palestine Aotearoa wide. This is an open call to be involved in organising the countries FIRST EVER national conference on the question of Palestine and building an organised, coordinated BDS (Boycott Divestment Sanctions) movement with long-term goals/ strategy to ensure our institutions and companies … Continue reading GPJA #459 (Part 1/3): What’s On in Aotearoa

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GPJA 458: Education action this weekend

GLOBAL PEACE AND JUSTICE AUCKLAND NEWSLETTER No. 458, April 10, 2013 ANNOUNCEMENTS NZEI NATION-WIDE DAY OF ACTION – THIS WEEKEND NZEI is running a nation-wide day of action against the government’s GERM agenda (charter schools, league tables, national standards – not to mention the disaster that is Novopay) this coming Saturday, 13 April. There are events in all the main centres not to mention many … Continue reading GPJA 458: Education action this weekend

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GPJA #457:

GLOBAL PEACE AND JUSTICE AUCKLAND NEWSLETTER No. 457, March 27, 2013 ANNOUNCEMENTS POSITION VACANT – MANAGER, THE PEACE PLACE, AUCKLAND The Peace Place (Aiotanga)* is a project of the Dominican Family and Pax Christi. A space in the heart of Auckland working for a more just and peaceful world; promoting inter-religious dialogue, and studying ecology, nonviolence and restorative justice. The Peace Place is seeking a … Continue reading GPJA #457:

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GPJA #456 (Part 2/2): International news and analysis

GLOBAL PEACE AND JUSTICE AUCKLAND NEWSLETTER No. 456, March , 2013 STATS OF THE WEEK Viral Video Shows the Extent of U.S. Wealth Inequality http://mashable.com/2013/03/02/wealth-inequality/ QUOTES OF THE WEEK “I am convinced Socialism is the only answer and I urge all comrades to take this struggle to a victorious conclusion. Only this will free us from the chains of bigotry and exploitation.” Malala Yousafzai, young … Continue reading GPJA #456 (Part 2/2): International news and analysis

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GPJA #456 (Part1/2): Special GPJA Forum 7pm Thurs, Unite Office: Hugo Chavez Presente! – Celebrating revolutionary hope

GLOBAL PEACE AND JUSTICE AUCKLAND NEWSLETTER No. 456, March , 2013 Special GPJA Forum 7pm Thurs, Unite Office: Hugo Chavez Presente! – Celebrating revolutionary hope GPJA would like to celebrate the life of Hugo Chavez and his contribution to to the liberation struggles of all oppressed peoples in the world. There will be a showing of the remarkable film “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised” … Continue reading GPJA #456 (Part1/2): Special GPJA Forum 7pm Thurs, Unite Office: Hugo Chavez Presente! – Celebrating revolutionary hope

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