GPJA #478: What’s On / News from Aotearoa and the world (18/9/13)

GLOBAL PEACE AND JUSTICE AUCKLAND NEWSLETTER No. 478, SEPTEMBER 18, 2013 UPCOMING TALKS ON INEQUALITY WITH MAX RASHBROOKE Max Rashbrooke will be touring parts of New Zealand in September talking about New Zealand’s rising income inequality. Max is the editor of a highly acclaimed new book Inequality: A New Zealand Crisis. Please click on the links here for more information on each regional event: Whanganui: … Continue reading GPJA #478: What’s On / News from Aotearoa and the world (18/9/13)

GPJA #477: Anti TICS Bill public meeting in Wellington September 23

GLOBAL PEACE AND JUSTICE AUCKLAND NEWSLETTER No. 477, SEPTEMBER 12, 2013 ANTI-GCSB COALITION PLANS MAJOR PUBLIC MEETING FOR WELLINGTON The enabling law to the GCSB Bill is the Telecommunications (Interception Capability and Security) Bill – it will force Telecommunications companies to allow the GCSB and NSA to spy on their networks. We must fight this march towards a mass surveillance state. Speaker line up to … Continue reading GPJA #477: Anti TICS Bill public meeting in Wellington September 23

GPJA#476: What’s On, NZ & International News

GLOBAL PEACE AND JUSTICE AUCKLAND NEWSLETTER No. 476, SEPTEMBER 6, 2013 AAAP IMPACT ON POVERTY SEPTEMBER 10 to 12, 5/9 HUGH BROWN DRIVE, NEW LYNN Kia ora koutou, Auckland Action Against Poverty’s beneficiary IMPACT is fast approaching, and we’re doing everything we can now to spread the word. Beneficiary advocates from around the country will be coming together for three days to work with beneficiaries … Continue reading GPJA#476: What’s On, NZ & International News

GPJA 475 (Part 2 of 2): Jeff Halper speaking Auckland Thursday Sept 5

Hi All GPJA Newsletter readers. This is part 2 of #475. Part 1 contained a full “What’s On” in coming months and NZ news and analysis. Because of that I have only a few reminders for this week’s activities and the rest of the newsletter is devoted to international news. I offer a selection of crtical analysis. People are free to pick and choose what … Continue reading GPJA 475 (Part 2 of 2): Jeff Halper speaking Auckland Thursday Sept 5

GPJA #475: Middle East Forum Monday / Anti-war protest Sat / DEMO 4 DEMOcracy Sunday

GLOBAL PEACE AND JUSTICE AUCKLAND NEWSLETTER No. 475, AUGUST 30, 2013 GPJA FORUM Monday, 7.30pm: Syria, Egypt, Palestine- has the Arab Spring turned into a Nightmare? Global Peace and Justice Auckland is planning a forum on Syria and the wider Arab world for this coming Monday (2nd September at 7pm at Trades Hall, 147 Great North Road) . The Title is “Egypt, Syria and Palestine … Continue reading GPJA #475: Middle East Forum Monday / Anti-war protest Sat / DEMO 4 DEMOcracy Sunday

GPJA #474: Video of the Stop The GCSB Bill Public Meeting – Auckland Town Hall

GLOBAL PEACE AND JUSTICE AUCKLAND NEWSLETTER No. 474, AUGUST 20, 2013 Video of the Stop The GCSB Bill Public Meeting – Auckland Town Hall Video on Demand: IF YOU DID NOT MAKE IT to the Auckland Town Hall on Monday night for the Stop The GCSB Public Meeting you can watch the entire debate here on The Daily Blog. http://thedailyblog.co.nz/2013/08/20/video-of-the-stop-the-gcsb-bill-public-meeting-auckland-town-hall/ FULL VERSION OF MEETING ON … Continue reading GPJA #474: Video of the Stop The GCSB Bill Public Meeting – Auckland Town Hall

GPJA #473: Holding the PM to account – Monday Night, Auckland Town Hall, 7pm

GLOBAL PEACE AND JUSTICE AUCKLAND NEWSLETTER No. 473, AUGUST 18, 2013   Holding the Prime Minister to account – Monday Night, Auckland Town Hall, 7pm By John Minto With the notable exception of John Campbell, the mainstream media have been utterly pathetic in holding the Prime Minister to account for his outrageous misrepresentation of the GCSB and TICS (Telecommunications Interception Capability and Security) bills currently … Continue reading GPJA #473: Holding the PM to account – Monday Night, Auckland Town Hall, 7pm

Wholesale spying on New Zealanders is a certainty under GCSB Bill

Global Peace and Justice Auckland 16 August 2013 Media Release: Wholesale spying on New Zealanders is a certainty under GCSB Bill The Prime Minister’s assurance that the GCSB will only be able to spy on New Zealanders under a warrant from the Prime Minister or Director General of Security and Intelligence is a half-truth which falls apart under scrutiny. In the case where the GCSB … Continue reading Wholesale spying on New Zealanders is a certainty under GCSB Bill