GPJA #441 (Part 1): News from Aotearoa New Zealand – 13/9/12

ANNOUNCEMENTS COME TO WAIHOPAI SPY BASE PROTEST: JANUARY 18-20 2012 has seen the Government get New Zealand back into ANZUS in all but name. For the first time since the 1980s, American troops have trained here; NZ troops have trained in the US; and NZ warships have taken part in US-led naval exercises. How ironic that all this was happening at the same time as … Continue reading GPJA #441 (Part 1): News from Aotearoa New Zealand – 13/9/12

WHAT’S ON IN AOTEAROA 12/9/12

WHAT’S ON Thursday, September 13, 6pm, 4/125 Grafton Rd, Auckland Socialist Workers candidate for U.S. president speaks: The working class, labour, socialist alternative in the U.S. Elections. James Harris, the Socialist Workers Party candidate for president of the United States in 2012, will speak at this special Militant Labour Forum. 6pm reception/refreshments; 7pm speakers. Suggested donation $5 waged, $2 unwaged. By the corner of Grafton … Continue reading WHAT’S ON IN AOTEAROA 12/9/12

GPJA #440 (Part 2): International news & Analysis – 6/9/12

  FEATURES Where the Mob Keeps Its Money http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/26/opinion/sunday/where-the-mob-keeps-its-money.html More than a cyclist – There’s more to Lance Armstrong’s popularity than his performance on a bicycle. http://socialistworker.org/2012/08/27/more-than-a-cyclist After capitalism: ‘We deserve a political and economic system that redistributes both wealth and the decisions about how it is used’ – videoGuardian columnist George Monbiot argues that a world after capitalism is not a communist state but … Continue reading GPJA #440 (Part 2): International news & Analysis – 6/9/12

GPJA #440 (Part 1): News from Aotearoa New Zealand – 5/9/12

ANNOUNCEMENTS WE ARE BETTER THAN THAT Would you kindly spread this to friends, enemies and everyone in between? I have just put up a new Facebook page called, “We Are Better Than That”, my latest effort to bury this awful, proposed asylum detention bill. Would you kindly ask folks to ‘Like’ the page and then share it with their friends? I have also directed and … Continue reading GPJA #440 (Part 1): News from Aotearoa New Zealand – 5/9/12

WHAT’S ON IN AOTEAROA – 31/8/2012

GLOBAL PEACE AND JUSTICE AUCKLAND NEWSLETTER No. 440, August 31 , 2012 WHAT’S ON Friday & Saturday, August 31-September 1, Trades Hall, 147 Great North Rd, Grey Lynn, Auckland. Our 2012 conference begins this Friday and continues over the weekend. We look forward to seeing you over the weekend at what we hope will be the premier conference of the radical left in Auckland this … Continue reading WHAT’S ON IN AOTEAROA – 31/8/2012

10 DEATHS TOO MANY – TROOPS OUT NOW! RALLY SUNDAY, 12 NOON, 204 GREAT NORTH RD

10 years too long – 10 deaths too many – Bring New Zealand troops home from Afghanistan Global Peace and Justice Auckland is organising a protest outside the Defence Force Army Centre at 204 Great North Road, Grey Lynn from 12 noon this Sunday 26th August to call for New Zealand troops to be brought home from Afghanistan where five have been killed in the … Continue reading 10 DEATHS TOO MANY – TROOPS OUT NOW! RALLY SUNDAY, 12 NOON, 204 GREAT NORTH RD

WHAT’S ON IN AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND

Saturday & Sunday, August 25-26, Rotorua Ka Nui! Enough! The extractive industries, including fracking, mining & oil drilling have huge negative impacts on our economies, communities and environment. We must move past this in a way that is just for all. Join us to learn more and strategise together. Speakers: Dayle Takitimu (Te Whanau-a-Apanui); Drew Hutton (Lock the Gate Aslliance Australia); Dr Susan Krumdiek (Canterbury … Continue reading WHAT’S ON IN AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND

GPJA #439 (Part 2): International news & Analysis – 22/8/12

QUOTES OF THE WEEK     FEATURES John Pilger – Obama and Empire Right-wingers are less intelligent than left wingers, says study http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2095549/Right-wingers-intelligent-left-wingers-says-controversial-study–conservative-politics-lead-people-racist.html#ixzz23DEdnc2f Naomi Wolf: The new totalitarianism of surveillance technology – If you think that 24/7 tracking of citizens by biometric recognition systems is paranoid fantasy, just read the industry newsletters http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/aug/15/new-totalitarianism-surveillance-technology Exposing the Transnational Ruling Class – The Global 1% by Peter Phillips … Continue reading GPJA #439 (Part 2): International news & Analysis – 22/8/12

GPJA #439 (Part 1): News from Aotearoa New Zealand – 21/8/12

ANNOUNCEMENTS SAVE DISABILITY LAW UPDATE Friday 10 August 2012: A successful hui was held last Monday, 30th July at Western Springs Community Hall. We had around 80 people attend to hear from our esteemed speakers. Huge thanks to everyone who attended and to Esther for filming and editing the highlights for us. Some highlights from the hui click below for some video info and we … Continue reading GPJA #439 (Part 1): News from Aotearoa New Zealand – 21/8/12

Open letter to SA president Jacob Zuma

GLOBAL PEACE & JUSTICE AUCKLAND http://www.gpja.org.nz 18 August 2012 President Jacob Zuma Republic of South Africa Pretoria South Africa Open letter to SA president Jacob Zuma Kia ora President Zuma, Many New Zealanders who demonstrated so strongly against the apartheid system in the 1970s and 1980s have watched with growing alarm at the direction the ANC leadership has taken South Africa since the first democratic … Continue reading Open letter to SA president Jacob Zuma