Global Peace And Justice Auckland Newsletter #14, December 3, 2002 Website http://www.gpja.pl.net/ Contact details: Forums John Minto, (09) 8463173 mailto:jbminto@xtra.co.nz; Newsletter Editor Mike Treen 0212547440 miket@pl.net Web page Geraldine Peters (09) 3570655 mailto:bern@ihug.co.nz Donations can be sent to GPJA, 84 Paice Ave, Sandringham, Auckland. All communication regarding the GPJA mailing list
(email or snail) should be addressed to mailto:gpjamailinglist@xtra.co.nz
Dear friends,
This newsletter is to update 'What¹s On in Auckland' (including cancellation of STV film fundraiser for Dec 5), make an
urgent appeal to help on the STV petition and remind people about the December 14 protest against the war. We are also
looking for people who have some experience or contacts in the music/concerts area to help organise a big peace concert
on February 16 next year. Another project suggested for next year is a GPJA film festival. Email us with you phone
number if you can help in on either of these projects.
URGENT MESSAGE from the STV campaign:
Wellington City voters chose STV in their council-sponsored referendum, which ended Saturday 30 November. Here in
Auckland, we still need several thousand signatures by 12 December to oblige the council to hold a referendum. We can do
this but we need more volunteers. Hamilton volunteers were able to get 2200 signatures in the final three days of
their signature drive because they had the volunteers. Please contact Lynne Serpe at 361-5975 or email mailto:lynneserpe@xtra.co.nz if you can help out in the next ten days. Petitions can be downloaded from http://www.stvnz.org/stv-auckland.htm and are available at most libraries.
ANTIWAR PROTEST DECEMBER 14
War preparations by the US continue relentlessly. They have asked 50 nations to help, including New Zealand. The
government has promised ³humanitarian² and ³logistical² support. International media are predicting a bombing campaign
beginning mid-December.
This protest assembling in QE2 Square (downtown Auckland) and moving on to the nearby US Consulate is our chance to say
³NO TO WAR, NO TO NZ INVOLVEMENT²
If you can help distribute leaflets and or posters contact John Minto mailto:jbminto@xtra.co.nz, Ph
8463173. Copies of publicity are available on the website http://gpja.pl.net/
Letter from John Minto for GPJA to Phil Goff regarding NZ¹s role in the so-called Œwar on terror¹.
WHAT¹S ON IN AUCKLAND
Tuesday, December 3, 8.00pm, Khuja Lounge, 536 Queen St (near K/Rd)
³Turn Up the Volume². A fundraiser to help the people of Palestine in their struggle for peace, justice and
international support. Speakers, music, food and performance. $10 Koha. Speakers include: Drs Alan and Hazel Kerr,
cardiac surgeons recently returned from working in refugee camps in Palestine; Tuma Hazou and Jawed Yousef, Palestinian
immigrants and members of the Palestine Human Rights Campaign. John Pilger¹s documentary ³Palestine is Still the Issue²
will be screened in the back bar following the speeches. All proceeds are going to the Union of Palestine Medical Relief
Committee in conjunction with UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Welfare Association).
Friday, December 6, 7:30pm, St Columba Centre, Vermont St, Ponsonby
Christian World Service invites you to ³A Conversation with Sue Bradford, Green MP with responsibility for employment,
social services and children's issues, and Bimla Chandrasekar Founder and Director of EKTA - A Women's Human Rights
Resource Centre in Southern India, focused on women's empowerment, gender, and globalisation. Bimla Chandrasekar is a
women's activist addressing the deepening poverty and suffering of women caused by global structures, gender
discrimination and violence against women. Bimla Chandrasekar is in New Zealand to launch the Women @ Work report,
written by Christian World Service. This report highlights the vulnerability of women and children to global poverty,
how the global economy worsens the situation, and women's creative strategies for community change. For more information & RSVP please contact - Angela McMorran, Christian World Service - (03) 366 9274 or 0800 74 73 72, mailto:angela.mcmorran@cws.org.nz
Continuing until Friday, December 6 at 30 Aintree Ave, Mangere
Book collection for distribution by the Reading Association of Nigeria. There is a container for books for all levels
and ages. If you can't drop the books off yourself, please contact Fiona email mailto:starandgarter@xtra.co.nz For more info check out http://www.theglobalbridge.com/bookswithoutborders
Saturday, December 7, 10.30am, The Roasted Addiction Café, Kingsland
International Women¹s Day 2003 Planning Committee Meeting. For more info contact Janet email mailto:janetbogle@hotmail.com
Saturday, December 7, 10am 2pm, Trades Hall, 147 Great North Rd, Grey Lynn
City Vision meeting on its policy towards Public Private Partnerships
Saturday, December 7, 2pm to 3pm, Aotea Square, Queen Street
Palestine/Israel Rally for Peace, supporting peace and justice based on Removal of Israeli Occupation, Right of Return
for Refugees, Sharing Jerusalem and Cessation of Jewish only Settlements in occupied Palestine. Contact David Wakim tel
(09) 520 0201.
Thursday, December 12, Deadline for STV petition
Saturday, December 14, 11am, Queen Elizabeth Square, Downtown Auckland
Give George Bush a Christmas message of ³Peace Not War². Mass picket of US Consulate, Customs Street after assembling in
QEII Square.
Sunday, December 15, 10am, 84 Paice Ave, Sandringham
GPJA Committee meeting. Open committee meeting to plan action in the new year including the ³Peace in The Park² concert
on February 16.
Monday, February 3, 7.30pm, Trades hall, 147 Great North Rd, Grey Lynn
1st GPJA Forum for 2003
Sunday, February 16, 2003, 2-5pm, Potters Park, Balmoral
³Peace in the Park². A festival of music to protest against war.
RECENT WEB NEWS
Useful map showing military build-up in the Gulf
The BBC and impartiality by John Pilger
The war against reason Harold Pinter
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_26-11-2002_pg3_7 http://www.neravt.com/left/war/pinter1.html
CNN Peace protest becomes a 404
Courage under fire
For almost a year Caoimhe Butterly has been standing in the way of Israeli tanks and troops in Jenin. Last Friday she
was shot by a soldier - but she still won't leave, she tells Katie Barlow.
US not responding to urgent North Korea food appeal
Child hunger shocks Argentina
Bechtel strikes back at Bolivia