GLOBAL PEACE AND JUSTICE AUCKLAND NEWSLETTER No. 497, April 10, 2014 WHAT’S ON IN AOTEAROA/NEW ZEALAND Friday, April 11, 5.30pm, Connolly Hall, Wellington Pope Francis and the Catholic Social Justice Tradition: I would like to invite you to hear Fr Gerard Burns provide an exploration of what Pope Francis is bringing to modern Catholic social teaching/practice on Friday April 11 in Connolly Hall in Wellington … Continue reading GPJA #498: What’s On / NZ & World News – 10/4/14

little island press to launch a new book by David Robie…. View this email in your browser Published by little island press in association with the Pacific Media Centre 9781877484254 Softcover NZD $40 (incl gst) Free delivery within NZ Available for pre-order now You are invited to the launch of Don’t Spoil My Beautiful Face A new book by David Robie Thursday 24 April 2014 … Continue reading Book launch invitation to ‘Don’t Spoil My Beautiful Face’ by David Robie

STAT OF THE WEEK QUOTES OF THE WEEK "When a population becomes distracted by trivia, when cultural life is redefined as a perpetual round of entertainments, when serious public conversation becomes a form of baby-talk, when, in short, a people become an audience, and their public business a vaudeville act, then a nation finds itself at risk; culture-death is a clear possibility." – Neil Postman, … Continue reading GPJA #497 (3 of 3): International news and analysis – 7/4/14

West Papua Action Auckland Box 68-419 Auckland. 28 March 2014. Call to Action: ‘Free Papuans behind bars’ International action: Please join us! On 2 April 2014 West Papua Action Auckland will hold a solemn vigil at 5pm in Aotea Square, near the Town Hall, and Wellington activists will gather at the Indonesian Embassy in Kelburn (70 Glen Rd) at 12 noon Members of Amnesty International … Continue reading West Papua action next week

BEST ON THE WEB NEW ZEALAND Gordon McLauchlan: All you can vote for is the status quo http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11225486 Gambling body eyes legal action http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11225568 Going to the market for gambling services short-sighted http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1403/S00315/going-to-the-market-for-gambling-services-short-sighted.htm PMA: White poppies, Hawaiian & UN visitors, Global Day of Action on Military Spending, WWI anniversary and the 2014 National Peace Workshops http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1403/S00283/update-white-poppies-visitors-global-day-of-action.htm John Edgar – Waitakere Ranges Protectors are Kiwis Against … Continue reading GPJA 496 (2 of 2): NZ & World – News & Analysis (27/3/14)

Thanks for signing the Egypt Solidarity statement – now take urgent action against repression Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Egyptian court sentences 529 to death Help us build a campaign against repression Thanks for signing the Egypt Solidarity founding statement. Events yesterday show how important it is to build a broad international campaign against repression. A court in the … Continue reading Take action now against mass death sentences in Egypt