"Peace" Mayor calls for new weapons
Peace Action Wellington is appalled that despite Mayor Celia Wade-Brown being Executive Leader of international Mayors for Peace, she is calling for new weapons for the military, and sees value in promoting weapons sales at Council venues.
New “Defence” paper seeks public comment
The NZ Defence Force is currently consulting on new defence policy. Public meetings are being held throughout the country. You can go along and tell the minister (Gerry Brownlee) what you think of NZ’s role in war-making around the world.
Intelligence review - a rubberstamp
The appointment of Michael Cullen and Patsy Reddy to review NZ's security agencies ensures that the review will be a rubberstamp for the government's mass surveillance and participation in the US's endless 'war on terrorism.'
NZ troops out of Iraq!
March against the war.
Doing the NATO Karaoke
Life for satirists just got a lot harder. When NATO foreign ministers join in a mass karaoke, it is hard to imagine how to top that.
GE or not GE? Environment Court win- a victory for democracy
It is now confirmed that regional councils have the right to make planning decisions about the outdoor use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in their regions. There is jurisdiction under the Resource Management Act for regional councils
Digital Power & Social Control: Public meeting
The State and corporations have ever-increasing data about us, while we know less and less about what they are doing.
Hungerstrike ended - now lets end mandatory and indefinite detention
Saeed Hassanloo, an Iranian refugee on hunger strike for more than 40 days, has ended his strike and accepted medical care. However, he will continue to be held in indefinite detention in Australia. The policy of indefinite detention must stop.
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Left Over #3
The third edition of Left Over will address issues around the Transpacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) and international trade deals in general.
In Occupied Palestine
Zionism in practice – Israel’s Daily Toll on Palestinian Life, Limb, Liberty and Property
Will NZ 'trainers' in Iraq be allowed to speak?
Letter to editor (Sunday Star Times): NZ Defence Forces sent as 'trainers' will not successfully be 'teachers', but may be 'learners'. Will they be allowed to speak about what they learned?
In Occupied Palestine
Zionism in practice – Israel’s Daily Toll on Palestinian Life, Limb, Liberty and Property
News media hinder understanding
UN Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza Conflict: Understanding, like justice, depends upon openness and respect for truth. Understanding allows us to recognise and feel for the suffering of others.
ASIA-PACIFIC AIDS Groups support UN experts call for human rights impact assessment of TPPA
AIDS Groups Alarmed as US-led Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement continues to threaten access to affordable generic medicines; call for immediate moratorium on TPPA negotiations
In Occupied Palestine
Zionism in practice – Israel’s Daily Toll on Palestinian Life, Limb, Liberty and Property
cops are robbers
The stories of 'cops and robbers' take on an entirely different meaning in today's police state.
New Wave of GE free activism
Pressure from the biotech industry for the government to relax laws on genetic engineering will result in a new wave of GE-free activism, the Soil & Health Association Aotearoa NZ predicts.
In Occupied Palestine
Zionism in practice – Israel’s Daily Toll on Palestinian Life, Limb, Liberty and Property
A Contemporary History of the Criminally Macabre United States of America
This report on the murderous corruption of the USA is over 50 years in the making and is a work in progress.
MANILA – ‘Morong 43’ arrest, detention illegal — CHR
Five years since the arrest, detention and release of the 43 health workers dubbed as the “Morong 43,” the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has finally issued a resolution stating that state forces violated the rights of the health workers.
In Occupied Palestine
Zionism in practice – Israel’s Daily Toll on Palestinian Life, Limb, Liberty and Property
In Occupied Palestine
Zionism in practice – Israel’s Daily Toll on Palestinian Life, Limb, Liberty and Property
In Occupied Palestine
Zionism in practice – Israel’s Daily Toll on Palestinian Life, Limb, Liberty and Property
In Occupied Palestine
Zionism in practice – Israel’s Daily Toll on Palestinian Life, Limb, Liberty and Property
In Occupied Palestine
Zionism in practice – Israel’s Daily Toll on Palestinian Life, Limb, Liberty and Property
In Occupied Palestine
Zionism in practice – Israel’s Daily Toll on Palestinian Life, Limb, Liberty and Property
Revolution: utopic and scientific
There has been talk of Arab revolutions; Greek and Spanish revolutionary parties winning free elections. Mankind has had revolutions for thousands of years meaning change of society. One class defeated, another wins. In Russia 1917 proletariat won.
In Occupied Palestine
Zionism in practice – Israel’s Daily Toll on Palestinian Life, Limb, Liberty and Property
In Occupied Palestine
Zionism in practice – Israel’s Daily Toll on Palestinian Life, Limb, Liberty and Property
In Occupied Palestine
Zionism in practice – Israel’s Daily Toll on Palestinian Life, Limb, Liberty and Property
In Occupied Palestine
Zionism in practice – Israel’s Daily Toll on Palestinian Life, Limb, Liberty and Property
In Occupied Palestine
Zionism in practice – Israel’s Daily Toll on Palestinian Life, Limb, Liberty and Property
My Prayer That Grace May Touch The Mosaic Of My Work
My prayer is in the form of a mosaic of prose.