Understand Israeli – Palestinian Apartheid In 11 Images

All the graphics are from the site Visualizing Palestine, a site dedicated to creating informative and impactful graphics about the occupied region. Check out many more of these images on their site 1. The Forced Exile of The Palestinian People 2. Maintenance of the Occupation3. Continued Displacement and Destruction 4. A Pattern of Violence and Aggression5. Illegal Detention 6, 7 & 8. Segregation of Resources … Continue reading Understand Israeli – Palestinian Apartheid In 11 Images

GPJA #507: Next Fri & Sat – Protest Israel’s war on Gaza

GLOBAL PEACE AND JUSTICE AUCKLAND NEWSLETTER No. 507, July 11, 2014 WHAT’S ON IN AOTEAROA/NEW ZEALAND Saturday, July 12, 3.30-5.30pm, 766 Sandringham Rd, Mt Roskill Living wage seminar featuring migrant communities and MP’s. Sunday, July 13, 10am, Kumeu Arts Centre, 300 Main Rd, Behind the Kumeu Library. Maui’s Dolphins Defenders Rally. Time: 10 am for a 10.30 start. March to local MP John Key’s electoral … Continue reading GPJA #507: Next Fri & Sat – Protest Israel’s war on Gaza

GPJA #506: Friday – West Papua fundraiser, Whammy’s Bar

GLOBAL PEACE AND JUSTICE AUCKLAND NEWSLETTER No. 506, July 3, 2014 WHAT’S ON IN AOTEAROA/NEW ZEALAND Friday, July 4, 8pm, Whammy’s Bar, Wine Cellar, K/Rd, Auckland Exciting fundraiser tor West Papua Action Auckland : Featuring SJD, Mara TK, Tourettes, The Bads, Steve Abel, Nightchoir, Will Wood, Reb Fountain, Road Warriors and Loud Ghost. Funds raised will help us to host ‘West Papua the Pacific’s Secret … Continue reading GPJA #506: Friday – West Papua fundraiser, Whammy’s Bar

Reminder – Tonight – Max Rashbrooke – Inequality in New Zealand: why don’t we talk more about wealth?

Inequality in New Zealand: why don’t we talk more about wealth? ‘Occupy said the problem was the 1% in control. Now they are being reduced to the 0.1% who have the real control. We need to find a way out of this capture or we’ll all go down with that last ton of coal’ These are not good times for too many people. Inequality is … Continue reading Reminder – Tonight – Max Rashbrooke – Inequality in New Zealand: why don’t we talk more about wealth?

June 30 Too Much: CEOs in a Class All Their Own

GPJA followers will appreciate this newsletter. Go here to subscribe Email not displaying correctly? Click here for Too Much online | Subscribe | Share June 30, 2014 THIS WEEK A new poll out from the respected Pew Research Center has some rather unsettling statistics to share. Over three-quarters of conservative Americans, Pew reported last week, apparently believe that “poor people have it easy.” The latest … Continue reading June 30 Too Much: CEOs in a Class All Their Own

Call to action to join ISM in Palestine

Dear friends In the last two weeks, the Israeli military has arrested over 566 Palestinians in the West Bank, they have stormed homes, invaded cities, and murdered seven Palestinians. ISM is sending an urgent call for volunteers to join us in Palestine. Check the join us section of our website or email ISM at palre…@gmail.com for more information. Ahmad Arafat Sabareen, 20-years-old, was shot in … Continue reading Call to action to join ISM in Palestine

NZ involvement in RIMPAC / Nuclear weapon states

HMNZS Canterbury is a participant in RIMPAC 2014 NZ involvement in RIMPAC / nuclear weapon states Peace Movement Aotearoa 27 June 2014 As you may be aware from media coverage, NZ armed forces are taking a full part in RIMPAC this year, the world’s largest military ‘exercise’ – a series of full-scale military assaults on land and sea also known as the biennial invasion of … Continue reading NZ involvement in RIMPAC / Nuclear weapon states

GPJA #505: Protest jailing of journalists in Egypt – 3pm Sat, US Consulate, Auckland

GLOBAL PEACE AND JUSTICE AUCKLAND NEWSLETTER No. 505, June 26, 2014 WHAT’S ON IN AOTEAROA/NEW ZEALAND Thursday, June 26, 7pm, Unite Office, 6a Western Springs Rd, Morningside, Auckland. The Spirit of 45 – film by Ken Loach. The working class of Britain had just come through two world wars and a Great Depression in between. They were sick of poverty, mass unemployment and bad housing. … Continue reading GPJA #505: Protest jailing of journalists in Egypt – 3pm Sat, US Consulate, Auckland

July: Month against the Wall – updates

Dear all, I had written to some of you already about the call for action for the month of July, the month against the apartheid wall, to mark the 10th anniversary of the 2004 ICJ opinion that declared Israel’s wall illegal. Ten years have passed and the world is yet to act. Please see below an update from Stop the Wall. A new micro-site has … Continue reading July: Month against the Wall – updates

GPJA #504: What’s On – from 19/7/14

GLOBAL PEACE AND JUSTICE AUCKLAND NEWSLETTER No. 504, June 19, 2014 WHAT’S ON IN AOTEAROA/NEW ZEALAND Until July 11, Lopdell House Gallery, 5 Totara Ave, New Lynn, Auckland Thursday, June 19, 6.30pm, Case Room 3, Level 0, Owen Glenn Building, Auckland University Business School, Auckland Fabian Society – Dr Robert Howell, An Economy for a Resilient World. The success of the Spirit Level lectures shows … Continue reading GPJA #504: What’s On – from 19/7/14