GPJA #442 (Part 2): International news & Analysis – 28/9/12

QUOTES OF THE WEEK “… the spirit of the market steals life from the vulnerable” Sir Paul Reeves quoted in Anne Salmond: Shifting New Zealand’s Mindset “The economic anarchy of capitalist society as it exists today is, in my opinion, the real source of the evil. We see before us a huge community of producers the members of which are unceasingly striving to deprive each … Continue reading GPJA #442 (Part 2): International news & Analysis – 28/9/12

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

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

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

GPJA #433: Part 2. International news & Analysis – 6/7/12

QUOTES OF THE WEEK   “What remains of democracy is largely the right to choose among commodities. Business leaders have long explained the need to impose on the population a ‘philosophy of futility’ and ‘lack of purpose in life’ to ‘concentrate human attention on the more superficial things that comprise much of fashionable consumption’. Deluged by such propaganda from infancy, people may then accept their … Continue reading GPJA #433: Part 2. International news & Analysis – 6/7/12

GPJA #431: Part 2. International news & Analysis – 21/6/12

QUOTES OF THE WEEK “Economic inequality feeds into inequalities of political power, leading to still more economic inequality.” Joseph Stiglitz, The vicious cycle of economic inequality, Politico, June 11, 2012 “When the rich make war, it’s the poor that die” – Jean-Paul Sartre “The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.” – George Orwell “Every … Continue reading GPJA #431: Part 2. International news & Analysis – 21/6/12

GPJA #429: Part 2. International news & Analysis – 8/6/12

QUOTES OF THE WEEK “Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives. I think we’re being run by maniacs for maniacal ends and I think I’m liable to be put away as insane for expressing that. That’s what’s insane about it.” – John Lennon “When a well-packaged web of lies has been sold gradually to the masses over generations, the truth will seem … Continue reading GPJA #429: Part 2. International news & Analysis – 8/6/12

GPJA #428: Part 2. International news and analysis

QUOTES OF THE WEEK “Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives. I think we’re being run by maniacs for maniacal ends and I think I’m liable to be put away as insane for expressing that. That’s what’s insane about it.” – John Lennon “When a well-packaged web of lies has been sold gradually to the masses over generations, the truth will seem … Continue reading GPJA #428: Part 2. International news and analysis

GPJA #427: Protests tomorrow Saturday – like the Greeks?? 11am and 2pm

GLOBAL PEACE AND JUSTICE AUCKLAND NEWSLETTER No. 427, May 25, 2012 Protests tomorrow Saturday – like the Greeks?? 11am and 2pm 11am – Protest social cleansing in GI outside National party Conference 11am Corner Ireland and Tide Close Mt Wellington – It’s the National Party Northern Region conference – protest is against the sale of state houses in Glen Innes so a seaside suburb for … Continue reading GPJA #427: Protests tomorrow Saturday – like the Greeks?? 11am and 2pm