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Tuesday 7pm: Public Meeting Over Threat To Public Education

What’s happening to our kids’ education? This is part of a series of meetings being organised by NZEI. These meetings are intended to inform and encourage our communities to actively protect New Zealand’s high quality local schools, as reflected in OECD rankings for maths and literacy . The combination of Govt policies from cuts to early childhood and tertiary, charter schools, unqualified teachers, national standards, … Continue reading Tuesday 7pm: Public Meeting Over Threat To Public Education

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Picket South African consulate today (Sat) 2pm, 1 Kimberley Road, Epsom, Auckland

Picketing South Africa 20 years on For the first time in 20 years New Zealanders will picket a South African government institution in Auckland tomorrow in protest at yesterday’s killing of striking mine-workers by South African police. The appalling scenes where up to 18 workers were shot dead are reminiscent of the darkest days of apartheid – the Sharpeville massacre of 1960 and the murder … Continue reading Picket South African consulate today (Sat) 2pm, 1 Kimberley Road, Epsom, Auckland

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GPJA #438: SUNDAY TEACH IN AND SEMINAR ON MIGRANT WORKERS RIGHTS IN NZ

GLOBAL PEACE AND JUSTICE AUCKLAND NEWSLETTER No. 438, August 16 , 2012 Sunday, August 19, 12 noon, Burger King, Aotea Square, Auckland TEACH-IN SUN 12 NOON: “It’s Bitter with the King” – Defend workers rights at BK! Burger King workers are the lowest paid fast food workers in New Zealand. Most are on minimum wage, even some who have worked there for 15 years. Managers … Continue reading GPJA #438: SUNDAY TEACH IN AND SEMINAR ON MIGRANT WORKERS RIGHTS IN NZ

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GPJA #437: Part 2. International news & Analysis – 8/8/12

QUOTES OF THE WEEK   “I’m Aboriginal, representing my culture, not only my country but all my people as well. I’m very proud and that’s what I wanted to do and I’m happy I did it.” Damien Hooper, Australian aboriginal Olympic athlete “What the Supreme Court did in Citizens United is to say to these same billionaires and the corporations they control: ‘You own and … Continue reading GPJA #437: Part 2. International news & Analysis – 8/8/12

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GPJA #437: Part 1. News from Aotearoa New Zealand – 7/8/12

NEW ZEALAND GPJA: Bring New Zealand troops home http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1208/S00076/bring-new-zealand-troops-home.htm Gordon Campbell on the haste and waste involved in us staying in Afghanistan http://gordoncampbell.scoop.co.nz/2012/08/06/gordon-campbell-on-the-haste-and-waste-involved-in-us-staying-in-afghanistan/ Deaths underline need to get out http://www.nzherald.co.nz/politics/news/article.cfm?c_id=280&objectid=10825090 Two more NZ soldiers killed in Afghanistan – why are we occupying this corrupt narco state for America’s war of terror? http://tumeke.blogspot.co.nz/2012/08/two-more-nz-soldiers-killed-in.html Review threatens big rent rises for state tenants http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10824511 Crown admits Treaty breaches … Continue reading GPJA #437: Part 1. News from Aotearoa New Zealand – 7/8/12

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Professor Jane Kelsey – Public Lecture Thursday August 9

Public Lecture – Professor Jane Kelsey ‘International Trade Law and Tobacco’ Trade and investment law issues relating to proposed tobacco control policies to achieve an essentially smokefree Aotearoa New Zealand by 2025. Thursday 9 August 2012, 5.15–6.30pm, Gus Fisher Gallery, The University of Auckland, 74 Shortland Street, Auckland (parking at 71 Shortland Street) Professor Jane Kelsey researches and teaches in international economic regulation and law and policy at The University of … Continue reading Professor Jane Kelsey – Public Lecture Thursday August 9

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WHAT’S ON IN AOTEAROA 6/8/12

REMEMBERING HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI IN AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND Below are the details of remaining commemorative events and public meetings to mark the 67th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima (6 August 1945) and Nagasaki (9 August 1945). These listings are available online at http://www.icanw.org.nz NATIONAL Ongoing until Saturday, 11 August – Hibakusha national speaking tour: Ms Shigeko Sasamori and Mr Michimasa (Michi) Hirata, hibakusha … Continue reading WHAT’S ON IN AOTEAROA 6/8/12

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WHAT’S ON: Quebec student leader speaks this week

THE NAKED TRUTH ABOUT QUEBEC’S STUDENT STRIKE: WEDNESDAY, 1 AUGUST, 7PM, B15 LECTURE THEATRE AUCK. UNI. “This isn’t a student strike, it’s the awakening of society”. That’s what the lead banner of a recent march of 25,000 people read as it wound around the streets of Montreal. When the Quebec Provincial Government attacked education and tried rewriting the social contract of the 60’s guaranteeing free … Continue reading WHAT’S ON: Quebec student leader speaks this week

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GPJA #436: Part 2. International news & Analysis – 27/7/12

QUOTES OF THE WEEK CULTURAL DISSENT Gordon Campbell on the death of Alexander Cockburn http://gordoncampbell.scoop.co.nz/2012/07/23/gordon-campbell-on-the-death-of-alexander-cockburn/ Orwell’s The Road to Wigan Pier turns 75, Scott Hamilton http://www.readingthemaps.blogspot.co.nz/2012/07/peerless-in-wigan.html A hip-hop coming out: Alexander Billet reports on hip-hop artist Frank Ocean’s decision to come out as bisexual–and why it will take more than that to end homophobia in the music industry. http://socialistworker.org/2012/07/19/hip-hop-coming-out Songs made for you and me: … Continue reading GPJA #436: Part 2. International news & Analysis – 27/7/12

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