GPJA #445 (Part 1/3): What’s On – Thurs 7pm – SUPPORT GI PEOPLE DEFENDING THEIR COMMUNITY FROM ETHNIC AND SOCIAL CLEANSING:

GLOBAL PEACE AND JUSTICE AUCKLAND NEWSLETTER No. 445, November 6, 2012 SUPPORT GLEN INNES PEOPLE DEFENDING THEIR COMMUNITY FROM ETHNIC AND SOCIAL CLEANSING: THIS THURSDAY – from 7pm at 45 Apirana Ave, Glen Innes We need lots of cameras to monitor police activity and keep people safe. We will be defending our rights to peaceful protest as the police attempt to escort more state houses … Continue reading GPJA #445 (Part 1/3): What’s On – Thurs 7pm – SUPPORT GI PEOPLE DEFENDING THEIR COMMUNITY FROM ETHNIC AND SOCIAL CLEANSING:

GPJA WHAT’S ON: Sat – Aotearoa is not for sale street party

WHAT’S ON Friday, November 2, Saturday, November 3, 2pm, Harangahape Rd, Auckland Street Party against Privatisation. Organised by Aotearoa is Not For Sale. Aotearoa Is Not For Sale is reclaiming the street (Karangahape Road) for the people of New Zealand this Saturday November 3. Starting from 2pm, the fun-filled street party protest will have musicians, DJs, information stalls, circus performers, a kids’ zone (with two … Continue reading GPJA WHAT’S ON: Sat – Aotearoa is not for sale street party

GPJA Forum Tonight – Hidden Apartheid – A documentary on caste discrimination in India / Jesson Lecture Wed

Monday, October 29, 7.30pm, Trades Hall, 147 Great North Road, Grey Lynn, Auckland Monday 29th October 2012. Special GPJA Forum. Hidden Apartheid – A documentary on caste discrimination in India and Indian communities worldwide. The 2011 film examines the human rights issues relating to caste discrimination. It will be screened and followed by discussion with film producer Mandrika Rupa as special guest at the forum. … Continue reading GPJA Forum Tonight – Hidden Apartheid – A documentary on caste discrimination in India / Jesson Lecture Wed

GPJA #444 (Part 2): International news & Analysis – 25/10/12

QUOTES OF THE WEEK “Participation of marginalised groups has precedence over the preservation of a system which excludes them.” Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand STATS OF THE WEEK French assembly votes 75% tax rate on highest earnings http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?id=n290403 Only 3 percent of America’s families have net worths over $1 million, but millionaires make up a clear majority of Congress. Since the 1980s, adds new … Continue reading GPJA #444 (Part 2): International news & Analysis – 25/10/12

GPJA #444 (Part 1): News from Aotearoa New Zealand – 24/10/12

BEST ON THE WEB NEW ZEALAND A Rally Against Anti-Semitism in the Heart of Auckland http://socialistaotearoa.blogspot.co.nz/2012/10/a-rally-against-anti-semitism-in-heart.html Hate raid despised http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/auckland-city-harbour-news/7851963/Hate-raid-despised A Rally Against Anti-Semitism in the Heart of Auckland NZ 20 Oct 2012 Auckland City Councillor Cathy Casey Courts tougher on benefit fraud than tax dodging – study http://www.3news.co.nz/Courts-tougher-on-benefit-fraud-than-tax-dodging–study/tabid/1607/articleID/273541/Default.aspx#ixzz29zJlYL9z Remember October 15th: five years of terror http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1210/S00213/remember-october-15th-five-years-of-terror.htm John Minto: Communities turfed out – you’d be … Continue reading GPJA #444 (Part 1): News from Aotearoa New Zealand – 24/10/12

GPJA #444: What’s On and Announcements (23/10/12)

GLOBAL PEACE AND JUSTICE AUCKLAND NEWSLETTER No. 444, October 23, 2012 WHAT’S ON Tuesday, October 23, 7pm, Fickling Centre, 546 Mt Albert Road, Three Kings, Auckland Public Meeting in support of Sue Moroney’s bill to extend paid parental leave from 14 to 26 weeks. Labour, Green, United Future, Maori and Mana have confirmed their support for the bill and NZ First has supported it to … Continue reading GPJA #444: What’s On and Announcements (23/10/12)

What’s On next week: Asylum seekers form Auck Mon; Child Poverty rally Wgton Wed

Monday, October 15, 4.30pm, Arts 1 Room 206-220, University of Auckland Attacking Asylum Seekers: Is it Xenophobia or more Political Posturing? SJP panel discussion: Attacking Asylum Seekers. National is currently pushing a legislation that would effectively criminalise those who seek asylum in New Zealand. This is despite overwhelming opposition, with 43 out of 44 submissions to the select committee signing against it. The Immigration Ammendment … Continue reading What’s On next week: Asylum seekers form Auck Mon; Child Poverty rally Wgton Wed

GPJA #443 (Part 2): International news & Analysis – 12/10/12

QUOTES OF THE WEEK     FEATURES Joining Forces for Another Europe http://www.socialistproject.ca/bullet/707.php George Monbiot: Colonised and coloniser, empire’s poison infects us all – Ideas that underpinned Britain’s imperial project led not only to torture in Kenya, but war and catastrophe in Europe http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/oct/08/empire-torture-kenya-catastrophe-europe LAND, LABOUR AND THE ENVIRONMENT ‘The greatest environmentalist of the 20th century’ http://climateandcapitalism.com/2012/10/03/the-greatest-environmentalist-of-the-20th-century/ Arctic ice melt, psychopathic capitalism, and the corporate … Continue reading GPJA #443 (Part 2): International news & Analysis – 12/10/12

Election for Auckland Energy Consumer Trust

This email is directed at readers in Auckland, Manukau and the northern parts of Papakura. It’s election time again. Not for Parliament, not for the City Council, but for the Auckland Energy Consumer Trust (AECT). The AECT is the trust that is owned by us, the electricity consumers in the central and south of Auckland City. Most of us are not aware of what the … Continue reading Election for Auckland Energy Consumer Trust

GPJA #443 (Part 1): News from Aotearoa New Zealand – 10/10/12

BEST ON THE WEB NEW ZEALAND Students’ prepare to ‘Fight the Fees.’ http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1210/S00124/students-prepare-to-fight-the-fees.htm Govt not swayed by calls to decriminalise abortion http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/116867/govt-not-swayed-by-calls-to-decriminalise-abortion Push to make contraception free for all women http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10838047 Down and out in Remuera http://www.readingthemaps.blogspot.co.nz/2012/10/down-and-out-in-remuera.html Watch and share – We’ve made this spoof of Sealord’s TV ad to reveal the truth beneath the public relations. http://www.greenpeace.org.nz/sealord/ Gordon Campbell on the failures of the … Continue reading GPJA #443 (Part 1): News from Aotearoa New Zealand – 10/10/12