Welcome to QPEC Education Forum 2019 St Columba Centre, 40 Vermont St, Ponsonby Sat 13 April, 2019 9.00am – 4.30pm Programme Focus: critical review of recent education reports and reforms. proposals for action & engagement – progressive change and development. Programme 9—10:30 Early Childhood Education Chair: Celeste Harrington, AUT Linda Mitchell, Waikato University Kristin Stevenson & Nicky Morse Teachers NZEI: Paul Goulter, National Secretary in … Continue reading Welcome to the free QPEC Forum 13 April

Press release by the NZ-Cuba friendship Society. Leima Martinez Freire, the Asia Pacific Director of the Cuban Institute for Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP) is visiting New Zealand, April 1 to 3. Martinez wants to bring to people’s attention the ongoing US economic embargo against Cuba. The US government tightened sanctions against Cuba on Monday, March 4. The measure takes effect March 9 and allows … Continue reading Cuban visitor speaks Monday about U.S. moves against Cuba and how to strengthen ties with NZ

Dear Peace & Justice Friends….. 6:00pm Wednesday 27th March – Lecture room 102- G36 Old Government House-Princes St. ‘Justice Denied-West Papuan Struggle for Self-determination’ Maire Leadbeater -Leading NZ Peace and Human Rights activist; author of ‘See No Evil-NZ’s betrayal of the people of West Papua’ Please see notice attached re an important lecture presented by the NZInstitute of International Affairs and International Law Association. This … Continue reading MaIre Leadbetter speaks on West Papua, Wednesday

AFGJ Venezuela-ALBA News: Venezuela-ALBA Weekly 3.1.2019 Reports from the Street in Venezuela; Cuban people vote on their new Constitution From PBS (of all places) Why Venezuela’s Chavistas are fiercely loyal to Maduro, despite economic crisis Gloria La Riva: Dispatch from Venezuela: the government’s massive food distribution apparatus Vijay Prashad: Notes From the Streets of Venezuela—The People Are Resilient in the Face of Foreign Intervention Debunking … Continue reading Venezuela-ALBA Weekly 3.1.2019 Reports from the Street in Venezuela; Cuban people vote on their new Constitution

Kia ora Peace Friends What an excellent line up for the Ihumātao Reclamation Festival tomorrow and the weather is looking great too. Organised by Save Our Unique Landscape campaign – SOUL this promises to be a very pleasant way to spend the day while supporting their ongoing struggle to protect the historical, cultural, spiritual, and archaeologically significant landscape from Fletcher Building’s planned housing development there. … Continue reading A free festival, Venezuela and a free kids drama workshop…

Come along to a meeting at Unite, 6a Western Springs Rd, Morningside, Auckland. Help make the final plans for a protest in Auckland on Saturday, March 16. Leaflets and posters will be available. Also a useful fact sheet about Venezuela. Regards, Mike Mike Treen National Director Unite Union 09 8452132 ext 20 029 5254744 Continue reading Correction: Auckland Hands off Venezuela meeting Wednesday, 7pm @ Unite

A useful newsletter from a US-based antiwar group. In Auckland, come to a meeting this Thursday at 7pm at Unite Union to help organise a protest on March 16. AFGJ Venezuela-ALBA News: Venezuela-ALBA Solidarity 2. 25.2019 Resounding Defeat for the US in Venezuela Democracy Now: Foreign Minister Arreaza: The Coup Has Failed & Now the U.S. Is Looking to Wage War What evaluation are we … Continue reading Venezuela-ALBA Solidarity: Resounding Defeat for the US in Venezuela

HANDS OFF VENEZUELA! Stop the War on Democracy – Come see this film and prepare the struggle for solidarity with Venezuela in the coming months as Trump prepares to attack the Bolivarian Revolution. Unite Union, 7.30pm this Friday. 6a Western Springs Rd, Morningside Poster and leaflets for the Auckland “Hands Off Venezuela” activities planned for March 18 will be able to be picked up on … Continue reading Film evening: John Pilger “The War on Democracy”, Friday 7.30, Unite Union

Global Peace and Justice Auckland is asking for individuals and organisations to endorse the following appeal: We encourage all supporters of peace and justice to join the international day of action on Saturday, March 16 against the US government’s effort to engineer a coup in Venezuela and a new devastating war there. The aggressive policy against Venezuela repeats the ugly pattern of wars for regime … Continue reading Please sign this GPJA letter for a “Hands Off Venezuela” day of action March 16

Saturday’s march in Venezuela opposed to the coup and in support of the government – ignored by world’s media Global Peace and Justice Auckland is calling all supports of peace and social justice to come to a meeting to plan protests against the US-led assaults on Venezuela. As usual, when the US empire prepares to overthrow governments it doesn’t like, through war if needs be, … Continue reading Hands off Venezuela! Meeting – 7pm, Tuesday, February 12, Unite Union office