View this email in your browser Urgent Action Alert – End NZ’s military role in the Iraq war forever – Say No War on Iran Dear Auckland Peace Action friends, On 30 June 2019, New Zealand’s deployment to Iraq is due to end. We want to make sure that happens. This current deployment of up to 121 soldiers has already been extended twice. It continues … Continue reading Urgent Action Alert: Troops Out Now

Join the 37th annual Southern Cross Brigade to Cuba from 28 December 2019 to 17 January 2020! This three-week trip gives Australians and New Zealanders the chance to understand Cuba’s unique political history and to participate in Cuba’s rich cultural heritage. As the Trump administration begins to recolonise Central and South America and to step up its attack on Cuba’s autonomy, the showing of solidarity … Continue reading Solidarity Brigade to Cuba January 2020

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