May Day in Havana Dear friend, The Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (Icap) and its travel agency Amistur Cuba, S.A. invites you to participate in the XII edition of the International Brigade, on the occasion of the International Workers’ Day, as a special tribute to the Commander-in- Chief Fidel Castro and Ernesto Che Guevara on the 50th anniversary of his death. In addition … Continue reading Call to the XII International May Day Brigade to Cuba (From April 24 to May 8, 2017)

WAIHOPAI & THE GCSB SPY ON KIWIS & FOREIGNERS NSA SPIES ON EVERYONE People from all around New Zealand (and Australia) will be converging on the super-secret Waihopai satellite interception spybase, in Marlborough, on Saturday January 28th. We will be at the Waihopai spy base main gate at Waihopai Valley Road from 9.30 – 10.30 a.m. There will be speakers; information will be provided on … Continue reading Waihopai Spy Base Protest: Saturday January 28th

Kia ora, We are currently organizing a march against mass incarceration and we would love for you to join us! Here is a blurb for the event: "March against mass incarceration: 10,000 Too Many": Saturday 11 February 12 noon – Queen Street The New Zealand prison population has just reached a record high of 10,000 people. This is largely because of new “tough on crime” … Continue reading 10,000 TOO MANY: March against mass incarceration and prison expansion!

March to Occupy & Crafting Resistance View this email in your browser Kia ora Peace Friends, Housing, healthcare, education, and a life with dignity and freedom are things that everyone on this planet needs and deserves. This week, be part of an action to resist injustice & a workshop to build our collective strength and knowledge. Together, we can and will build a new world … Continue reading March to Occupy & Crafting Resistance

Upcoming peace actions this week View this email in your browser Kia ora friends, We hope you have had a safe and enjoyable holiday season. We are slowly getting mobilised for another year of peace actions & activities. We invite you to join us. Solidarity event for machi Francisca Linconao in Auckland Thursday, 12 January 6:00pm Albert Park Machi Francisca Linconao is an indigenous Mapuche … Continue reading Peace Events this week & next

Featuring A DAY OF WORKSHOPS & “THE 5th EYE” IN BLENHEIM SATURDAY JANUARY 28th Nativity Centre, 76 Alfred Street, central Blenheim UPDATED PROGRAMME In light of Marlborough’s ongoing earthquakes, we decided it would be prudent to relocate our camp from Whites Bay to Onamalutu – see below for the details of how to find it). 1/ There will be no protest activity in Blenheim itself. … Continue reading Come To Waihopai Spy Base Protest, January 27-29

Unite has vacancies for two Organisers in the Auckland region, – a permanent part-time position and – a permanent full-time position Both positions will be based in Auckland The successful applicants will primarily be recruiting and organising workers in the Call Centre, Fast Food and Cinema sectors, although they may also be involved in other sectors that Unite represents from time to time. We are … Continue reading Union Organisers wanted Auckland region

– Murray Horton The six finalists for the 2016 Roger Award for the Worst Transnational Corporation Operating in Aotearoa/New Zealand are: Bathurst Resources Coca Cola IAG/State Insurance Uber Westpac Youi There are two nominations for the Accomplice Award section – Talley’s, in partnership with Bathurst Resources; and the Government, specifically for its cheerleading role in championing the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA). There was also … Continue reading 2016 Roger Award Finalists Named

Kia ora friends of peace, From one anti-war group to another, I’m writing to ask you for your support. In November 2015, I joined hundreds of people protesting against the Weapons Conference, at a blockade organised by Peace Action Wellington. We believe no one should profit from war, and so we protested the Weapons Conference and that it was held at a Wellington City Council … Continue reading Activists arrested – your help needed please!

100 years ago people were imprisoned for opposing conscription and war. 15 December 2016 marks 100 years since the first “sedition” conviction after opposing military conscription during World War I was made illegal. Bob Semple, later a Labour Cabinet Minister, was sentenced in Christchurch to one year in jail for a “seditious utterance”. Similar sentences were imposed later that month on other leading labour figures, … Continue reading COMMEMORATION: JAILED FOR SEDITION