Events, Newsletters

GPJA #462 (1 of 2): What’s On / News from Aotearoa

GLOBAL PEACE AND JUSTICE AUCKLAND NEWSLETTER No. 462, May 13, 2013 WHAT’S ON IN AOTEAROA/NEW ZEALAND   Thursday, May 16, 5.30pm, WG129, Sir Paul Reeves communications precinct, AUT University International reporting – behind the Afghanistan story: Bilal Sarwary started working for the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) after the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001 and covered the US bombing campaign and invasion of Afghanistan. After … Continue reading GPJA #462 (1 of 2): What’s On / News from Aotearoa

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GPJA #461 (part 3 of 3): International news and analysis

STATS OF THE WEEK – Of the world’s 200 richest people, Bloomberg News estimates, at least a third “control part of their personal fortune through an offshore holding company” or other entity that helps make income more difficult to tax. – “The U.S. economy has recovered for households with net worth of $500,000 or more, a new study shows. The recession continues for almost everyone … Continue reading GPJA #461 (part 3 of 3): International news and analysis

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GPJA #461 (Part 2 of 3): News from Aotearoa / TPP action Sat

INTERNATIONAL DAY OF ACTION: SATURDAY 11 MAY This Saturday activists across five countries will run coordinated actions against the TPPA. The day was chosen to send a shot across the bow for the next round of TPPA negotiations in Lima, starting on 15 May. A number of activities are planned in here: Ø Wellington: The New Zealand Nurses Organisation is organising an event to raise … Continue reading GPJA #461 (Part 2 of 3): News from Aotearoa / TPP action Sat

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Events, Press Releases

GPJA applauds Stephen Hawking support for the Palestinian struggle – Veolia next.

10 May 2013 Media Release: GPJA applauds Stephen Hawking support for the Palestinian struggle – Veolia next… Global Peace and Justice Auckland applauds Stephen Hawking’s decision to withdraw from an international conference in Israel in protest at the Israeli government’s brutal treatment of Palestinians. The renowned physicist has put his weight behind the BDS (Boycott Divestment and Sanctions) campaign which is increasingly isolating Israel and … Continue reading GPJA applauds Stephen Hawking support for the Palestinian struggle – Veolia next.

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Urgent – GCSB Vs kiwi heroes – 10 am protest outside Appeal Court Wellington

8 May 2013 Media Release: Urgent – 10 am protest outside Appeal Court Wellington GCSB vs Three Kiwi Heroes Waihopai heroes give up their shirts and…. Three brave kiwis, Adi Leeson, Sam Land and Peter Murnane appear in the Court of Appeal in Wellington this morning seeking to overturn a High Court decision allowing the GCSB to pursue a civil claim for $1.2 million for … Continue reading Urgent – GCSB Vs kiwi heroes – 10 am protest outside Appeal Court Wellington

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Reminder: Forum Monday – Time to scrap the GCSB and Waihopai

GPJA FORUM: Monday, May 6, 7.30pm, Trades Hall, 147 Great North Rd, Grey Lynn, Auckland Time to scrap the GCSB and Waihopai: The debate about the GCSB and the Waihopai Spy Base has finally hit the mainstream. Now we all know that the agency operates behind a wall of impunity – when it is caught acting illegally the Government moves to change the law. However … Continue reading Reminder: Forum Monday – Time to scrap the GCSB and Waihopai

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GPJA #461 (Part 1/3): Forum Monday – Time to scrap the GCSB and Waihopai

GLOBAL PEACE AND JUSTICE AUCKLAND NEWSLETTER No. 461, May 1, 2013 Stop Press: 8.30am Thurs – Picket Pak ‘N Save, 67 Cavendish Drive – Stop youth Rates and 90-day right to sack Facebook event here: https://www.facebook.com/events/152738678233034/ Herald Article on today’s picket (just a snippet of the media coverage received): http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10880844   GPJA FORUM: Monday, May 6, 7.30pm, Trades Hall, 147 Great North Rd, Grey Lynn, … Continue reading GPJA #461 (Part 1/3): Forum Monday – Time to scrap the GCSB and Waihopai

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Letter to Australian High Commission re Sri Lankan refugees

GLOBAL PEACE & JUSTICE AUCKLAND http://www.gpja.org.nz 24 April 2013 His Excellency Michael Potts, High Commissioner for Australia Australian High Commission in Wellington PO Box 4036 Wellington 6140 Email: janet.beams Dear Mr Potts, Deportation of Sri Lankan asylum seekers We are writing to you to convey our concern over your government’s deportation of thirty-eight of the sixty-six Sri Lankan asylum seekers who landed in Geraldton, Western … Continue reading Letter to Australian High Commission re Sri Lankan refugees

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GPJA #460 (Part 2 of 2): International news and views

QUOTES OF THE WEEK “Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect.” – Chief Seattle, Duwamish (1780-1866) Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality. … Whatever affects one directly, affects … Continue reading GPJA #460 (Part 2 of 2): International news and views

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GPJA #460 (Part 1 of 2): Mobilise against asset sales this Saturday!

GLOBAL PEACE AND JUSTICE AUCKLAND NEWSLETTER No. 460, April 26, 2013 POWER TO THE PEOPLE – DAY OF ACTION APRIL 27 Time for the Government to listen to the majority of New Zealand. a National Day of Action organised by the Aotearoa is Not For Sale Coalition to stop Asset Sales. Now endorsed by the Labour party, NZ First, the Mana Movement, CTU, Unions Auckland, … Continue reading GPJA #460 (Part 1 of 2): Mobilise against asset sales this Saturday!

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