Tag: PALESTINE

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Will the Palestinian groups create a new Palestinian political project?

The first task is to prevent the attack on Rafah and end the genocide. However, soon thereafter, the political malaise that has befallen the Palestinian people must be overcome May 08, 2024 by Vijay Prashad 1970 – Arafat with Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine leader, Nayef Hawatmeh and Palestinian writer Kamal Nasser at press conference in Amman. Palestinian groups are now trying to … Continue reading Will the Palestinian groups create a new Palestinian political project?

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EMERGENCY APPEAL FOR GAZA FLOOD RELIEF: URGENT.

Hello friends, EMERGENCY APPEAL FOR GAZA FLOOD RELIEF. Please forward your donation asap to: KIA ORA GAZA TRUST, Account 03-0211-0447718-000, Westpac Onehunga OR post a cheque to Kia Ora gaza Trust, PO Box 86022, Mangere East, Auckland 2158. See information on the attached poster, or go to: http://www.kiaoragaza.net for updates. Thank you, Roger Fowler Chairman, Kia Ora Gaza Trust. Cell: 021-2999491 Continue reading EMERGENCY APPEAL FOR GAZA FLOOD RELIEF: URGENT.

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Events

Conference on Palestine this weekend

END THE OCCUPATION Conference on Palestine Auckland 22 & 23 June 2013 Saturday 22 June: Leys Institute Hall, 20 St Marys Rd, Ponsonby. 10am – 5pm. Activists’ workshops. Sunday 23 June: Auckland Town Hall, Queen St, City. 12.30pm -4pm: Presentations & discussions on Palestine. 4pm: Oscar-nominated documentary ‘5 Broken Cameras’ 6.30pm: Palestinian speaker from Gaza, Yousef Aljamal followed by author Miko Peled (‘The General’s Son’) FREE … Continue reading Conference on Palestine this weekend

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NAKBA – AUCKLAND PROTEST AGAINST VEOLIA, WED. 5PM

BDS Aotearoa and GPJA is calling for all supporters of the Palestinian freedom struggle to join a picket this Nakba, Wednesday 15th May 2013 at 5pm outside the Veolia offices in Customs Street (Citibank Building also the US consulate). In the Arabic language Nakba means catastrophe. Nakba Day is marked by Palestinians every year on 15 May and remembers the 1948 war and the creation … Continue reading NAKBA – AUCKLAND PROTEST AGAINST VEOLIA, WED. 5PM

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GPJA Letter to David Shearer re Super Fund Investments

24 April 2013 David Shearer Leader of the Labour Party, Member of Parliament for Mount Albert david.shearer Dear Mr Shearer, We are writing to you in the hope of enlisting the support of you and your party in our campaign to persuade the New Zealand Superannuation Fund to divest itself from three Israeli banks (Bank Hapoalim, Bank Leumi and Mizrahi Tefahot Bank) and an Israeli … Continue reading GPJA Letter to David Shearer re Super Fund Investments

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“No to Israeli Apartheid”

GLOBAL PEACE & JUSTICE AUCKLAND http://www.gpja.org.nz 10 February 2013 Justin Lynch Director Westfield New Zealand Level 2, Office Tower 277 Broadway Newmarket Auckland Email c/o dmcghie Kia ora Mr Lynch, “No to Israeli Apartheid” For a long time now Westfield shopping malls in New Zealand have been hosting stalls promoting and selling “Seacret” products which are sourced from the Dead Sea in occupied Palestine. Through … Continue reading “No to Israeli Apartheid”

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GPJA letter to the Superfund Board of Guardians

GLOBAL PEACE AND JUSTICE AUCKLAND 4 March 2013 Gavin Walker Chair, Board of Guardians NZ SuperFund P O Box 106607, Auckland 1143, Dear Gavin Walker and the Board of Guardians, Firstly, congratulations on making the decision in December last year to exclude three companies involved in constructing illegal settlements in occupied Palestine and the construction of the separation barrier. We believe that action was in … Continue reading GPJA letter to the Superfund Board of Guardians

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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 #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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