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URGENT Stop the GCSB Bill: Meeting 6pm, Wednesday 17th July at Unite Union, 6A Western Springs Road, Kingsland

GPJA is calling this meeting to form a broad-based coalition to fight the GCSB legislation and other attacks on democracy by John Key’s National government. These attacks include: · Use of regulations to override parliament · Denying citizens the right to legal representation · Cancelling citizens’ rights to appeal to the courts to uphold their legal rights. · Use of Supplementary Order Papers to pass … Continue reading URGENT Stop the GCSB Bill: Meeting 6pm, Wednesday 17th July at Unite Union, 6A Western Springs Road, Kingsland

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NAKBA – AUCKLAND PROTEST AGAINST VEOLIA, WED. 5PM

BDS Aotearoa and GPJA is calling for all supporters of the Palestinian freedom struggle to join a picket this Nakba, Wednesday 15th May 2013 at 5pm outside the Veolia offices in Customs Street (Citibank Building also the US consulate). In the Arabic language Nakba means catastrophe. Nakba Day is marked by Palestinians every year on 15 May and remembers the 1948 war and the creation … Continue reading NAKBA – AUCKLAND PROTEST AGAINST VEOLIA, WED. 5PM

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Letter to Australian High Commission re Sri Lankan refugees

GLOBAL PEACE & JUSTICE AUCKLAND http://www.gpja.org.nz 24 April 2013 His Excellency Michael Potts, High Commissioner for Australia Australian High Commission in Wellington PO Box 4036 Wellington 6140 Email: janet.beams Dear Mr Potts, Deportation of Sri Lankan asylum seekers We are writing to you to convey our concern over your government’s deportation of thirty-eight of the sixty-six Sri Lankan asylum seekers who landed in Geraldton, Western … Continue reading Letter to Australian High Commission re Sri Lankan refugees

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GPJA Letter to David Shearer re Super Fund Investments

24 April 2013 David Shearer Leader of the Labour Party, Member of Parliament for Mount Albert david.shearer Dear Mr Shearer, We are writing to you in the hope of enlisting the support of you and your party in our campaign to persuade the New Zealand Superannuation Fund to divest itself from three Israeli banks (Bank Hapoalim, Bank Leumi and Mizrahi Tefahot Bank) and an Israeli … Continue reading GPJA Letter to David Shearer re Super Fund Investments

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“No to Israeli Apartheid”

GLOBAL PEACE & JUSTICE AUCKLAND http://www.gpja.org.nz 10 February 2013 Justin Lynch Director Westfield New Zealand Level 2, Office Tower 277 Broadway Newmarket Auckland Email c/o dmcghie Kia ora Mr Lynch, “No to Israeli Apartheid” For a long time now Westfield shopping malls in New Zealand have been hosting stalls promoting and selling “Seacret” products which are sourced from the Dead Sea in occupied Palestine. Through … Continue reading “No to Israeli Apartheid”

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GPJA letter to the Superfund Board of Guardians

GLOBAL PEACE AND JUSTICE AUCKLAND 4 March 2013 Gavin Walker Chair, Board of Guardians NZ SuperFund P O Box 106607, Auckland 1143, Dear Gavin Walker and the Board of Guardians, Firstly, congratulations on making the decision in December last year to exclude three companies involved in constructing illegal settlements in occupied Palestine and the construction of the separation barrier. We believe that action was in … Continue reading GPJA letter to the Superfund Board of Guardians

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Letter of complaint re police conduct on 19 January

  GLOBAL PEACE & JUSTICE AUCKLAND http://www.gpja.org.nz January 21, 2013 David Carruthers Chairperson Independent Police Conduct Authority Wellington enquiries Kia ora Mr Carruthers, Complaint re police conduct on 19 January Last Saturday I attended the Anti-Bases Campaign protest outside the Waihopai satellite surveillance station in Blenheim and as a result I’d like the IPCA to investigate two issues which resulted from the protest. At approximately … Continue reading Letter of complaint re police conduct on 19 January

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GPJA #448 (Part 3/3): International news & Analysis – 13/12/12

STATS OF THE WEEK More Blacks under criminal supervision in the US now than slaves on the eve of the Civil War http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/13120-the-artificial-felon-british-petroleum-bp-the-earth-and-american-justice Britain has invaded all but 22 countries in the world in its long and colourful history, new research has found. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/9653497/British-have-invaded-nine-out-of-ten-countries-so-look-out-Luxembourg.html QUOTES OF THE WEEK “They said Marat is dead. No. Marat is not dead. Put him in the Pantheon or throw … Continue reading GPJA #448 (Part 3/3): International news & Analysis – 13/12/12

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Policing of TPP provocative and stupid

8 December 2012 Media Release: Policing of TPP protest was provocative and plain stupid The policing of the TPP protest in Auckland this afternoon was provocative and plain stupid. As the protest gathering was preparing to leave Skycity the most senior police officer intervened to stop a symbolic act of burning a number of cardboard petition boxes. With tensions running high after the refusal of … Continue reading Policing of TPP provocative and stupid

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AUCKLAND PUBLIC EVENTS AND PROTESTS AGAINST THE TPPA

3 Dec Auckland Street theatre and rally at opening of negotiation round, 8.00 am, Entrance to Skycity casino, Federal St. Public meeting hosted by the Fabian Society. Speakers: Lori Wallach (from US watchdog Public Citizen) and Jane Kelsey. 6.30 pm, Old Government House lecture theatre, University of Auckland, Auckland 4 Dec Wellington midday. Aotearoa Is Not For Sale Wellington are running a rally in opposition … Continue reading AUCKLAND PUBLIC EVENTS AND PROTESTS AGAINST THE TPPA

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