Having trouble viewing this email? Click here Nationwide Post Budget Event Series POST BUDGET EVENTS Friday 31 May Auckland – Wellington – Christchurch – Dunedin POST BUDGET EVENT Wednesday 5 June Nelson 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 CPAG Nationwide Post Budget Events 2019

Link to share: https://www.facebook.com/notes/peace-movement-aotearoa/peace-vigils-on-anzac-day/2166614800052544 Below are the details of ANZAC Day peace vigils in Dunedin, Nelson and Wellington; and two peace picnics in Auckland – one organised by the Council of Christians and Muslims, and one by Peace Action Auckland. If you would like your peace vigil added here, please email the details to icanz – thank you Lest we forget … if you would … Continue reading ANZAC Day peace vigils and picnics

Federation of Tamil Associations in New Zealand (FTANZ) is organizing a vigil to honour those affected by the Easter Sunday attacks in Sri Lanka. Date : 24 April 2019 Time : 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM Venue: Aotea Square, Queen Street We kindly request to support this vigil and invite New Zealand public to come and support us. For further information, please contact : Dr … Continue reading Vigil for Sri Lankan Victims 4pm, April 24, Aotea Square

AFGJ Venezuela-ALBA News: Venezuela-ALBA 4.19.2019 Escalating US Sanctions and Escalating Fightback Venezuela Tulsi Gabbard: Trump’s Neocon Administration Want War in Venezuela Action 24/7: Protection of the DC Venezuela Embassy Sign on: Sign onto the Declaration of the Embassy Protection Collective (Colectivos por la Paz) Federico Fuentes: Who are Venezuela’s colectivos? Max Blumenthal: US Military Attack on Venezuela Mulled by Top Trump Advisors and Latin American … Continue reading Venezuela-ALBA 4.19.2019 Escalating US Sanctions and Escalating Fightback

Blair Peach was a New Zealander murdered by a unit of the British police Special Patrol Group. He was beaten over the head while he was protesting against a meeting of the anti-immigrant far right in Southall, London, forty years ago this month, April 23, 1979. No one has ever been charged with his murder. Who Killed Blair Peach? is a docu-drama being presented by … Continue reading WHO KILLED BLAIR PEACH?

David Renton is a socialist, author and anti-fascist activist in Britain. His new book "The New Authoritarians" looks at the rise of right-wing politics across the globe. In this special meeting, David will speak on his new book and on the prospects for anti-racist politics countering the resurgent right today. All across the world, right-wing politics is shifting, with conservative and hard-right proponents allying. From … Continue reading Special Meeting April 10: David Renton on Countering the New Far Right

Welcome to QPEC Education Forum 2019 St Columba Centre, 40 Vermont St, Ponsonby Sat 13 April, 2019 9.00am – 4.30pm Programme Focus: critical review of recent education reports and reforms. proposals for action & engagement – progressive change and development. Programme 9—10:30 Early Childhood Education Chair: Celeste Harrington, AUT Linda Mitchell, Waikato University Kristin Stevenson & Nicky Morse Teachers NZEI: Paul Goulter, National Secretary in … Continue reading Welcome to the free QPEC Forum 13 April

Press release by the NZ-Cuba friendship Society. Leima Martinez Freire, the Asia Pacific Director of the Cuban Institute for Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP) is visiting New Zealand, April 1 to 3. Martinez wants to bring to people’s attention the ongoing US economic embargo against Cuba. The US government tightened sanctions against Cuba on Monday, March 4. The measure takes effect March 9 and allows … Continue reading Cuban visitor speaks Monday about U.S. moves against Cuba and how to strengthen ties with NZ

Dear Peace & Justice Friends….. 6:00pm Wednesday 27th March – Lecture room 102- G36 Old Government House-Princes St. ‘Justice Denied-West Papuan Struggle for Self-determination’ Maire Leadbeater -Leading NZ Peace and Human Rights activist; author of ‘See No Evil-NZ’s betrayal of the people of West Papua’ Please see notice attached re an important lecture presented by the NZInstitute of International Affairs and International Law Association. This … Continue reading MaIre Leadbetter speaks on West Papua, Wednesday

AFGJ Venezuela-ALBA News: Venezuela-ALBA Weekly 3.1.2019 Reports from the Street in Venezuela; Cuban people vote on their new Constitution From PBS (of all places) Why Venezuela’s Chavistas are fiercely loyal to Maduro, despite economic crisis Gloria La Riva: Dispatch from Venezuela: the government’s massive food distribution apparatus Vijay Prashad: Notes From the Streets of Venezuela—The People Are Resilient in the Face of Foreign Intervention Debunking … Continue reading Venezuela-ALBA Weekly 3.1.2019 Reports from the Street in Venezuela; Cuban people vote on their new Constitution