BEST ON THE WEB NEW ZEALAND Students’ prepare to ‘Fight the Fees.’ http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1210/S00124/students-prepare-to-fight-the-fees.htm Govt not swayed by calls to decriminalise abortion http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/116867/govt-not-swayed-by-calls-to-decriminalise-abortion Push to make contraception free for all women http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10838047 Down and out in Remuera http://www.readingthemaps.blogspot.co.nz/2012/10/down-and-out-in-remuera.html Watch and share – We’ve made this spoof of Sealord’s TV ad to reveal the truth beneath the public relations. http://www.greenpeace.org.nz/sealord/ Gordon Campbell on the failures of the … Continue reading GPJA #443 (Part 1): News from Aotearoa New Zealand – 10/10/12

REMINDER: FORUM TONIGHT: SPECIAL GPJA MEETING: 7.30pm on Monday 24 September at Trades Hall, 147 Great North Rd. Countdown to the TPPA round in December: It’s just been announced that the next round of Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement negotiations will be in Auckland from 3rd to 15th December. That gives us about 10 weeks to plan and educate. As a first step Global Peace and Justice … Continue reading Say No to Intervention in Venezuela’s Elections / Forum reminder tonight

SPECIAL GPJA MEETING: 7.30pm on Monday 24 September at Trades Hall, 147 Great North Rd. Countdown to the TPPA round in December: It’s just been announced that the next round of Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement negotiations will be in Auckland from 3rd to 15th December. That gives us about 10 weeks to plan and educate. As a first step Global Peace and Justice Auckland is holding … Continue reading WHAT’S ON IN AOTEAROA – 21/9/12: GPJA FORUM ON TPPA MONDAY

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It’s just been announced that the next round of Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement negotiations will be in Auckland from 3rd to 15th December. That gives us about 10 weeks to plan and educate. As a first step Global Peace and Justice Auckland is holding a meeting at 7.30pm on Monday 24 September at Trades Hall, 147 Great North Rd. Speakers will be: Deb Gleeson, an Australian … Continue reading Special GPJA Forum (Mon, Sept 24, 7.30pm): Countdown to the TPPA round in December

QUOTES OF THE WEEK FEATURES Middle East Protests at U.S. Embassies Spread in Uproar over Anti-Muslim U.S. Film http://www.democracynow.org/2012/9/13/middle_east_protests_at_us_embassies Islamic Scholar Tariq Ramadan on the Growing Mideast Protests and "Islam & the Arab Awakening" http://www.democracynow.org/2012/9/13/islamic_scholar_tariq_ramadan_on_the John Pilger: Beware of the West’s violent hypocrisy http://www.greenleft.org.au/node/52194 What is to be Done: The Website as an Organizer #RevSoc http://www.jadaliyya.com/pages/index/7237/what-is-to-be-done_the-website-as-an-organizer- ASSANGE Assange case: Sweden’s shame in violating human rights … Continue reading GPJA #441 (Part 2): International news & Analysis – 14/9/12

ANNOUNCEMENTS COME TO WAIHOPAI SPY BASE PROTEST: JANUARY 18-20 2012 has seen the Government get New Zealand back into ANZUS in all but name. For the first time since the 1980s, American troops have trained here; NZ troops have trained in the US; and NZ warships have taken part in US-led naval exercises. How ironic that all this was happening at the same time as … Continue reading GPJA #441 (Part 1): News from Aotearoa New Zealand – 13/9/12

WHAT’S ON Thursday, September 13, 6pm, 4/125 Grafton Rd, Auckland Socialist Workers candidate for U.S. president speaks: The working class, labour, socialist alternative in the U.S. Elections. James Harris, the Socialist Workers Party candidate for president of the United States in 2012, will speak at this special Militant Labour Forum. 6pm reception/refreshments; 7pm speakers. Suggested donation $5 waged, $2 unwaged. By the corner of Grafton … Continue reading WHAT’S ON IN AOTEAROA 12/9/12

GLOBAL PEACE AND JUSTICE AUCKLAND NEWSLETTER No. 440, August 31 , 2012 WHAT’S ON Friday & Saturday, August 31-September 1, Trades Hall, 147 Great North Rd, Grey Lynn, Auckland. Our 2012 conference begins this Friday and continues over the weekend. We look forward to seeing you over the weekend at what we hope will be the premier conference of the radical left in Auckland this … Continue reading WHAT’S ON IN AOTEAROA – 31/8/2012

10 years too long – 10 deaths too many – Bring New Zealand troops home from Afghanistan Global Peace and Justice Auckland is organising a protest outside the Defence Force Army Centre at 204 Great North Road, Grey Lynn from 12 noon this Sunday 26th August to call for New Zealand troops to be brought home from Afghanistan where five have been killed in the … Continue reading 10 DEATHS TOO MANY – TROOPS OUT NOW! RALLY SUNDAY, 12 NOON, 204 GREAT NORTH RD