COALITION TO STOP THE GCSB BILL – URGENT PUBLIC MEETING: This Thursday 25th July, 7pm at Mt Albert War Memorial Hall (Cnr New North Road and Wairere Ave) Speakers: Dr Rodney Harrison QC – who presented the Law Society submission to select committee Kim Dotcom – the most high profile victim of illegal GCSB spying Thomas Beagle – from Tech Liberty – concerned with civil … Continue reading Kim Dotcom speaking Thursday
GLOBAL PEACE AND JUSTICE AUCKLAND NEWSLETTER No. 469, JULY 19, 2013 STOP THE GCSB BILL – NATIONWIDE PROTESTS SATURDAY JULY 27 On the 27th of July, 2013 there will be a nation wide protest taking place in regards to the GCSB and TICS bills. All those taking part feel these bills are a huge injustice and violation of our basic human rights. Groups in … Continue reading GPJA #469: Sat – Minto4mayor Party; Wed – “Fighting to Choose” book launch
GPJA is calling this meeting to form a broad-based coalition to fight the GCSB legislation and other attacks on democracy by John Key’s National government. These attacks include: · Use of regulations to override parliament · Denying citizens the right to legal representation · Cancelling citizens’ rights to appeal to the courts to uphold their legal rights. · Use of Supplementary Order Papers to pass … Continue reading URGENT Stop the GCSB Bill: Meeting 6pm, Wednesday 17th July at Unite Union, 6A Western Springs Road, Kingsland
GLOBAL PEACE AND JUSTICE AUCKLAND NEWSLETTER No. 468, JULY 12, 2013 WHAT’S ON IN AOTEAROA/NEW ZEALAND Saturday, July 13, 12pm, Upper Hut Library A cultural and artistic event celebrating the life and work of Nobel Prize Chilean poet – Pablo Neruda. This year marks the 40-year anniversary of his death and the 40-year anniversary of the military coup in Chile – this event is framed … Continue reading GPJA #468: Whats On / Aotearoa news / International
GLOBAL PEACE AND JUSTICE AUCKLAND NEWSLETTER No. 467, JULY 4, 2013 MCSTRIKE – JOIN THE PICKET ON QUEEN ST THIS FRIDAY On the freezing night of Thursday 27th June, Unite Union Picket lines outside Queen St McDonald’s were attacked by private security thugs and the police . The union delegate, Siddhata Vyas, was not allowed access her own workplace, neither were Union officials in contravention … Continue reading GPJA # 467: Fri – McStrike / Sat – Beggar Ban / Sun – Minto 4 Mayor
STATS OF THE WEEK QUOTES OF THE WEEK “Try as I may I can not escape the sound of suffering. Perhaps as an old man I will accept suffering with insouciance. But not now; men in their prime, if they have convictions are tasked to act on them.” – Julian Assange, 2007 “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can … Continue reading GPJA #466 (2 of 2): International news & analysis
GLOBAL PEACE AND JUSTICE AUCKLAND NEWSLETTER No. 466, June 27, 2013 WHAT’S ON IN AOTEAROA/NEW ZEALAND Monday, July 1, 7pm, WEA, 59 Gloucester St, Christchurch GAZA IS MY HOME is a public meeting all are welcome to attend. Hear Yousef’s story and ask him questions on the Palestine story. Yousef M. Aljamal graduated from the Islamic University in Gaza in 2011. He then undertook a … Continue reading GPJA #466 (1 of 2): What’s On and News from Aotearoa
STATS OF THE WEEK The number of New York Times articles that mention inequality, notes University of California at Berkeley sociologist Claude Fischer, has increased from an average about 90 a year in the 1990s to 840 a year in the 2000s to about 2,700 a year since the start of 2010. Since 1980 in the USA, as analyst David Cay Johnston noted last week, … Continue reading GPJA #465 (3 of 3): International news and analysis
END THE OCCUPATION Conference on Palestine Auckland 22 & 23 June 2013 Saturday 22 June: Leys Institute Hall, 20 St Marys Rd, Ponsonby. 10am – 5pm. Activists’ workshops. Sunday 23 June: Auckland Town Hall, Queen St, City. 12.30pm -4pm: Presentations & discussions on Palestine. 4pm: Oscar-nominated documentary ‘5 Broken Cameras’ 6.30pm: Palestinian speaker from Gaza, Yousef Aljamal followed by author Miko Peled (‘The General’s Son’) FREE … Continue reading Conference on Palestine this weekend
NOT TO BE MISSED EVENT – PLEASE SHARE THIS NOTICE – FREE ADMISSION – BRING YOUR FRIENDS & FAMILY: WHAT’S ON IN AOTEAROA/NEW ZEALAND Tuesday, June 18, 6.40pm, Paula Bennett’s office, 429 Great North Road, Henderson. PICKET: AAAP will be picketing outside of Paula Bennett’s office, 429 Great North Road, in Henderson. Paula will be holding a public meeting entitled “Safer Communities”. We will be … Continue reading GPJA #465 (2 of 3): Palestine conference this weekend / News from Aotearoa
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