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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

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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

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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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GPJA #436: Part 1. News from Aotearoa New Zealand – 26/7/12

QUOTES OF THE WEEK STATS OF THE WEEK “National house price to disposable income rose from 2 in 1980 to around 3 in 2003, before doubling to around six in 2008. It is now 5.” Bernard Hickey, Herald on Sunday, 22/7/12 Of the 161 wealthiest people in NZ (with wealth over $50m), only 67 reported an incokme over $60,000 in 2008. then priority for tax … Continue reading GPJA #436: Part 1. News from Aotearoa New Zealand – 26/7/12

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GPJA #434: National protests against asset sales this Saturday

GLOBAL PEACE AND JUSTICE AUCKLAND NEWSLETTER No. 434, July 13 , 2012 Asset sales protests planned in twelve cities: Twelve protests are planned across Aotearoa for 14 July against National’s privatisation and corporatisation programme. Thirty protesters auctioned off John Key’s mansion this afternoon as street theatre and creative opposition spreads. There is continuing pressure in the courts from Iwi after a landmark Supreme Court decision … Continue reading GPJA #434: National protests against asset sales this Saturday

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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

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GPJA #432: Part 1. News from Aotearoa New Zealand – 28/6/12

Lucy Lawless Launches Global Campaign To Save The Arctic http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1206/S00307/lucy-lawless-launches-global-campaign-to-save-the-arctic.htm Urewera case far from over http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20120621-1743-te_urewera_case_far_from_over_despite_sentencing-048.mp3 Trial ‘to shut down Tuhoe aspirations’ http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/7149790/Trial-to-shut-down-Tuhoe-aspirations Wellington Solidarity With Urewera 4 http://www.indymedia.org.nz/article/82544/wellington-solidarity-urewera-4 Kia Ora Gaza convoy 2012 – Auckland Airport Welcomeback reception:Today saw a nice “Welcome Home” celebration at Auckland Airport for our returning Kia Ora Gaza convoyers. Giving our team to Gaza a heros welcome were 40 … Continue reading GPJA #432: Part 1. News from Aotearoa New Zealand – 28/6/12

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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

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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

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