Tēnā koe Mike, JustSpeak are releasing our report The Case Against Prisons next week and we’re holding events in Auckland and Wellington to mark the occasion! We’re hoping these events will help fuel conversation about the supposed value prisons provide to us as communities, and the actual versus perceived risks they are supposed to solve. Each evening will have a panel of experts and a … Continue reading JustSpeak Report Launch and Events

Kia ora friends of Palestine, We’re organising some resistance to the Zionists celebration of the 70th anniversary of the founding of Israel on Sunday. Please share this event with your networks & come along if you are able. Thanks! Wall of noise 3.0 : Shut down the festival of oppression. Time: Sunday, May 13 at 1:30pm Meet: ANZ Viaduct Events Centre Bring: Noisemakers, loudhailers, instruments, … Continue reading Sunday event: Wall of noise 3.0 : Shut down the festival of oppression.

Having trouble viewing this email? Click here REMINDER Nationwide Post Budget Event Series POST BUDGET EVENT Friday 18 May Auckland * Wellington* Christchurch POST BUDGET EVENT Wednesday 23 May Nelson * Whangarei Each year Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) provides child-focused analysis and commentary of the budget. The aim is to provide an accessible and affordable avenue for the community to come together and hear … Continue reading Reminder: Nationwide Post Budget Events 2018

Hi all: here is the complete itinerary for Ramzy Baroud’s NZ tour (to date). Can you please share & circulate through your respective networks asap. This info is also posted on kiaoragaza.net – https://kiaoragaza.wordpress.com/2018/05/01/ramzy-barouds-new-zealand-speaking-tour/ Thank you,’ Roger for PSN. Ramzy Baroud’s New Zealand speaking tour Dr Ramzy Baroud’s NZ speaking tour itinerary – 18 to 24 May 2018. Hosted by the NZ Palestine Solidarity Network … Continue reading Full itinerary for Ramzy Baroud’s NZ tour – please share/post/circulate widely.

Friday, May 4, 1-2pm, St Andrew’s Conference Centre, 30 The Terrace, Wellington Welfare or warfare? A pre-Budget lunchtime forum on government spending priorities Link to share: https://www.facebook.com/events/202797460335587 Join us for a discussion on: Military spending – Edwina Hughes, Coordinator, Peace Movement Aotearoa Social spending – Paul Barber, Policy Advisor, New Zealand Council of Christian Social Services Spending on children’s wellbeing – TBC RSVP: your RSVP … Continue reading Coming events: Antiwar forum, Action for Pay equity, Cabaret

Registrations Now Open Auckland Post Budget Brunch Event Details: Date: Friday, May 18, 2018 Time: 11:45 AM to 1:15 PM Venue: Mt Eden War Memorial Hall 489 Dominion Road Mt Eden Auckland 1024 New Zealand Tickets: $20 waged, $10 waged. Parking: Please be aware there is limited onsite parking at Mt Eden War Memorial hall, so public transport and carpooling is recommended or see best … Continue reading Invite: Auckland Post Budget Brunch 2018

STALIN WASN’T STALLIN’ Bookings are now open for an Auckland Writers’ Festival cabaret that features the labour number Which Side Are You On?, the Italian communist anthem Bandiera Rossa, and the Popular Front war-time classic, Stalin Wasn’t Stallin’ (later famously recorded by Soft Machine’s Robert Wyatt). Stalin wasn’t stallin’ when he told the beast of Berlin that he’d never rest contented till he had driven … Continue reading STALIN WASN’T STALLIN’ – WRITERS FESTIVAL CABARET – MAY 19

Please forward on through your networks, thank you Peace events around ANZAC Day Link to share: https://www.facebook.com/notes/peace-movement-aotearoa/peace-events-around-anzac-day/1676273335753362 Below are the details of peace events around ANZAC Day – in Kaikohe today, 24 April, and in Auckland, Wellington, Nelson and Dunedin tomorrow, 25 April. If you would like your peace event added to the online listings, please email the details to pma If you would like … Continue reading Peace events around ANZAC Day

View this email in your browser Picnic for Peace: 100 years of resistance to war Anzac day 25 April 2018 12 noon Auckland Domain Band Rotunda Family-friendly, free event Join Auckland Peace Action for an alternative Anzac Day event. We’re hosting a peace picnic to commemorate conscientious objectors who resisted war. There will be inspiring speakers, music and food along with an opportunity for families … Continue reading Picnic for Peace 25 April, 12 noon , Auckland Domain

Aotea Square, Auckland. Join us in protest at the massacres currently happening on the Gaza border! Support the Palestinians in Gaza who have gathered peacefully as part of a “Great March of Return” to demand refugees and their descendants be allowed to return to their ancestral homes in Israel. They have been met with bullets and tear gas fired from drones by the Israeli military. … Continue reading Auckland Rally, 2pm Sat , 14 April, Aotea Square – Support March of Return