Kia ora GPJA friends, I am writing to invite you to the public talk of Tecber Ahmed Saleh a human rights advocate of the Saharawi people from Western Sahara. Tecber is speaking in Auckland at the Ellen Melville Centre at 2pm on Saturday 5 October. Western Sahara is subject to a brutal military occupation by Morocco, which has lasted since the 1970s. In the Moroccan-controlled … Continue reading Hear Tecber Ahmed Saleh – Human rights advocate of the Saharawi people

AUCKLAND 6 PM, WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 25 Room 204, Northey Lecture Theatre, Bldg 801, UOA Law School, 9 Eden Crescent, Auckland City Prof. Judy Taguiwalo, Ph.D, is a Filipina social activist and former professor at the University of the Philippines, who was detained twice under the 1970s’ and 80s’ martial law dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos. She briefly served in President Duterte’s Cabinet as the Secretary for … Continue reading Tyranny And Terror: The Philippines Under Duterte: A Former Insider’s View

View this email in your browser Auckland – Tamaki Makarau September Newsletter 13 September, 2019 Kia ora Mike We have a lot going on over the next two months. This email is to let you know of the upcoming events in Auckland: Auckland Planning Meeting – Tuesday 17 September – Next week at Unite in Kingsland Public debate – John Minto (PSNA) – David Cumin … Continue reading Palestine Solidarity Network – Auckland Events – September & October

Venezuela-ALBA Weekly 9.6.2019 #268: Our Tasks and Perspectives to Defend Venezuela Venezuela What Are Our Tasks and Perspectives to Defend Venezuela? Many respected progressive and leftist intellectuals and analysts in North America and Europe are paying perhaps too much attention, or are carried away by, the internal dynamics of the Bolivarian revolution, without realizing that our main task is not to speculate about the revolutionary … Continue reading Venezuela-ALBA Weekly

SEPTEMBER 16 2019 7-8:30PM DOORS OPEN AT 6PM AUCKLAND TOWN HALL, 305 QUEEN ST, AUCKLAND 1010, “We say that it’s a war on drugs, but it’s not. It’s a war on people.” Deborah Small A just and fair way to deal with drug use is within our grasp. Big changes are already underway that mean drug use is now seen as a health issue, not … Continue reading UNIFY FOR JUSTICE TO END THE DRUG WAR – SEPT 16

Venezuela-ALBA Weekly 8.30. 2019: UN Praises Evo Morales’ Work to Combat Amazon Fires while Rightwing Tries to Smear Him, Derail his Re-election Bolivia UN Praises Bolivia’s Efforts to Combat Amazon Fires Over 85% Extinguished The President of the UN General Assembly María Fernanda Espinosa has met with Bolivia’s UN ambassador, and praised Bolivia’s efforts in combating the Amazon fires that have affected Brazil, Bolivia, Peru … Continue reading Venezuela-ALBA Weekly 8.30. 2019: UN Praises Evo Morales’ Work to Combat Amazon Fires while Rightwing Tri es to Smear Him, Derail his Re-election

A ggod newsletter from the US on Latin American struggles Venezuela-ALBA Weekly 8.23.2019 Venezuela and Cuba Fighting Crushing US Economic Blockade; November Solidarity Conference Third Anti-imperialist Solidarity Conference for Democracy and against Neoliberalism. Havana, November 1-3, 2019 Venezuela PRESS RELEASE: Drop All Charges Against Embassy Protectors! President Maduro Confirms Venezuela Talking With US Government ‘Economic Terrorism’: After Failed Military Coup Attempt, Trump Imposes Total Embargo … Continue reading Venezuela and Cuba Fighting Crushing US Economic Blockade; November Solidarity Conference

This newsletter is also available on the web here. “We oppose the extraterritorial application of unilateral measures.“ That is not Cuba, Nicaragua, Iran, Russia, or China talking about the most recent unilateral coercive measures imposed by the United States against Venezuela, i.e. economic sanctions that have become an economic blockade, but the European Union. Even allies who have embarrassed themselves by recognizing the phony “interim … Continue reading International Law versus US Empire

Please let your networks know that there will be a vigil in Aotea Square from midday (until 2pm) for Kashmir. On Monday the Indian government revoked (without any vote) Article 370 which gave Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh special status and autonomy. It was put in place by the UN in the 1950s and the Prime Minister of India has just removed it. It is undemocratic … Continue reading Vigil for Kashmir, Aotea Square, noon to 2 pm on Saturday August 10 2019