SAT 2PM, AOTEA SQ: PROTEST TRUMP’S PROVOCATIVE PLAN TO MOVE US EMBASSY TO JERUSALEM

INVITATION TO A SPECIAL TALK BY GIDEON LEVY View this email in your browser PROTEST TRUMP’S PROVOCATIVE PLAN TO MOVE US EMBASSY TO JERUSALEM: Rally this Saturday 9 December, 2pm at Aotea Square, Auckland CBD. NZ Palestine Solidarity Network action – supported by Auckland’s Palestinian Community, Kia Ora Gaza, Palestine Human Rights Campaign, Global Peace & Justice. For updates on the current situation, go to … Continue reading SAT 2PM, AOTEA SQ: PROTEST TRUMP’S PROVOCATIVE PLAN TO MOVE US EMBASSY TO JERUSALEM

Three peace events this week: Manus Island, Ihumātao hīkoi, craft bee 💚

Auckland Peace Action events this week View this email in your browser Kia ora peace friends, There are nearly 700 refugees being kept in inhumane conditions on Papua New Guinea’s Manus Island. Many have been imprisoned there for years, after the Australian government illegally detained them there after they legally attempted to claim asylum in Australia. The situation has become even more extreme in the … Continue reading Three peace events this week: Manus Island, Ihumātao hīkoi, craft bee 💚

10AM, SUNDAY, DEC. 10: TE KARANGA A HAPE HĪKOI, KARANGAHAPE RD

CONTEXT Save Our Unique Landscape (SOUL) is a community-driven campaign group that is inclusive of diverse tauiwi (non-Māori), Ihumātao residents and is lead by mana whenua Te Wai-ō-Hua whānau members (Māori with traditional custodial authority for Ihumātao). The SOUL whānau is attempting to stop the development of a fast-tracked Special Housing Area (SHA62) on the whenua of Ihumātao, because we are certain that the housing … Continue reading 10AM, SUNDAY, DEC. 10: TE KARANGA A HAPE HĪKOI, KARANGAHAPE RD

Fri – West Papua Flag raising / Sun – Israeli Author Gideon Levy Meeting

12 noon, December 1, Aotea Square, Auckland City West Papua Solidarity Flag Raising Event in Auckland. 56 years ago the Morning Star flag was raised in the capital of West Papua Hollandia (now known as Jayapura) The people of West Papua were on a clear path to independence. West Papuan freedom aspirations were dashed in August 1962 when the Dutch reluctantly agreed that Indonesia could … Continue reading Fri – West Papua Flag raising / Sun – Israeli Author Gideon Levy Meeting

2 Events this week: Wobblies Book Launch and Pacific Media centre Celebration

Two book launches of "Wobblies of the World – A Global History of the IWW" 5pm, Wednesday, November 29, Room 203, Level 2, Arts 1 Building, 14a Symonds St, Auckland. 6pm, Thursday, November 30, Auckland Trades Hall, 147 Great North Rd, Grey Lynn, Auckland Edited by Peter Cole, David Struthers and Kenyon Zimmer Join contributors Mark Derby and Peter Clayworth, plus special guests, for a … Continue reading 2 Events this week: Wobblies Book Launch and Pacific Media centre Celebration

Israeli journalist Gideon Levy is coming to Auckland Sunday 3 December

We invite you to a public lecture by world-renowned Israeli journalist and author, Gideon Levy. Gideon has been hailed as an “heroic journalist” for outspoken criticism of Israeli government policies and his honest journalism. GIDEON LEVY LECTURE 3pm SUNDAY 3 DECEMBER Free entry – koha/donations welcome MOUNT EDEN WAR MEMORIAL HALL 489 Dominion Rd, Mount Eden Auckland hosted by NZ Palestine Solidarity Network Facebook Events … Continue reading Israeli journalist Gideon Levy is coming to Auckland Sunday 3 December

Action for Manus Island refugees – Sunday 19 November, 1pm @ Aotea Square

Jacinda Ardern announced today that it could take up to 5 months to come to a deal with Australia to take 150 of the 600 men stranded on Manus – whilst the Australian government has effectively abandoned them, demolishing parts of the detention center and cutting off water, power and food supplies in a situation the UNHCR describes as "desperate". We demand that our new … Continue reading Action for Manus Island refugees – Sunday 19 November, 1pm @ Aotea Square

Armistice Day Peace Vigils, 10 / 11 November

Link to share: https://www.facebook.com/events/131467114222063 ‘Honour the War Dead by Ending War’ peace vigils to mark Armistice Day 2017: in Tauranga and Wellington on Friday, 10 November, and Auckland, Hamilton and Dunedin on Saturday, 11 November. If you are organising an Armistice Day peace vigil this year and would like it listed on the World War One Centenary Peace Project page, pma – thank you. * … Continue reading Armistice Day Peace Vigils, 10 / 11 November

Help build peace & justice in Auckland: Upcoming events

Get along & get involved in some great peace events around the city this month. View this email in your browser In this week’s peace action update… Parihaka Peace Action Conference National Land Wars Commemoration #WeToo Reclaim the Night Blockade the Weapons Expo 2017: police violence, legal funds and report back Parihaka Day Peace Action Conference Sunday, 5 November @ Auckland Central Library Whare Wānanga … Continue reading Help build peace & justice in Auckland: Upcoming events