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NZ tour: Iraq bombing eyewitness
Tuesday, 8 July 2003, 9:52 am | Peace Movement Aotearoa
Ruth Russell, from South Australia, was a human shield in Baghdad for eight weeks earlier this year - including three weeks protecting a humanitarian site during the bombing which began in March 2003. She will be travelling in NZ from 16 to 21 July ... More >>
Fact sheet: Foreshore and Seabed
Friday, 4 July 2003, 7:58 am | Peace Movement Aotearoa
Kia ora, below is a Q & A fact sheet re the debate about the foreshore and seabed, prepared by Te Hau Tikanga / The Maori Law Commission, which we are circulating as a follow up to last week's 'Alert! the 2003 land confiscation plan'. More >>
Peace Movement: National Days of Action 3,4,5 July
Wednesday, 2 July 2003, 1:39 pm | Peace Movement Aotearoa
The National Days of Action Against US Economic and Military Dominance now run from 3, 4 and 5 July 2003. The web page at http://www.converge.org.nz/pma/4July03.htm has been updated with details of events in Auckland (4 July), Lower Hutt (4 July), ... More >>
Peace Movement Aotearoa What’s On Where Listings
Friday, 20 June 2003, 3:31 pm | Peace Movement Aotearoa
~ International Days of Action Against War - there are currently no international days of action as such scheduled until September; national events on soon in the US and Britain are: * 21 June - Stop the War Coalition Activists Conference in London, ... More >>
PMA what's on where listings
Thursday, 12 June 2003, 3:47 pm | Peace Movement Aotearoa
~ International Days of Action Against War - there are currently no international days of action as such scheduled; national events in the US and Britain are: * 21 June - Stop the War Coalition Activists Conference in London, Stop the War Coalition ... More >>
PMA what’s on where listings
Friday, 6 June 2003, 5:00 pm | Peace Movement Aotearoa
PMA is now back on-line, but we have a rather large backlog of email messages which have accumulated over the past couple of weeks still to sort through ... this weeks listings are therefore restricted to what’s on in the very near future; the full ... More >>
PMA what’s on where listings
Thursday, 15 May 2003, 5:23 pm | Peace Movement Aotearoa
~ Reminder - Peace Brigades International (PBI) is currently seeking volunteers for the Indonesia Project - you need to apply as soon as possible as the training Project (9-19 August in Victoria, Australia) will fill up fast. PBI is a unique grassroots, ... More >>
PMA what’s on where listings
Thursday, 8 May 2003, 9:10 am | Peace Movement Aotearoa
~ Now - Peace Brigades International (PBI) is currently seeking volunteers for the Indonesia Project - you need to apply as soon as possible as the training Project (9-19 August in Victoria, Australia) will fill up fast. PBI is a unique grassroots, ... More >>
Counter Terrorism Bill: Submissions due, 9 May
Wednesday, 7 May 2003, 8:27 am | Peace Movement Aotearoa
A reminder that the closing date for submissions on the Counter-Terrorism Bill (2002) is 9 May. If you are interested in making a submission, you can get a copy of the Bill on-line at http://www.knowledge-basket.co.nz/gpprint/docs/bills/20020271.txt More >>
Alert! NZ Orion deploys to the Gulf
Tuesday, 6 May 2003, 8:37 am | Peace Movement Aotearoa
Mark Burton, Minister of Defence, announced today that an RNZAF P3 Orion will depart from Whenuapai for the Gulf of Oman on 11 May (see text of his media release below). More >>
PMA what's on where listings
Wednesday, 30 April 2003, 9:14 am | Peace Movement Aotearoa
Reminder - Humanitarian Emergency in Iraq - Christian World Service, together with its partners in Iraq and the Middle East, has launched an appeal for the millions of Iraqi people suffering in the wake of the US led invasion - "this appeal is for ... More >>
Wgtn: May Day correction ...
Monday, 28 April 2003, 8:46 am | Peace Movement Aotearoa
Apologies for mixed listing of two Wellington Mayday events - one is on 1 May, the other on 3 May, as per corrected listings below ... More >>
PMA what's on where listings
Thursday, 24 April 2003, 2:42 pm | Peace Movement Aotearoa
Apologies for the reduced listings this week with just the events coming up soon, including new listings for today and tomorrow ... circulation of the full listings will resume next week. More >>
Where Now America?, Fisk, Pilger, Iraqi children
Monday, 14 April 2003, 1:21 pm | Peace Movement Aotearoa
below are the links to: Robert Fisk's latest articles from Baghdad (10 to 13 April); the latest two John Pilger articles; Suzanne Goldenberg on the 'The hell that once was a hospital'; 'Where are the weapons of mass destruction?' by Andrew Gumbel; an ... More >>
PMA what’s on where listings
Friday, 11 April 2003, 2:27 pm | Peace Movement Aotearoa
~ International Days of Action Against War - * 11 and 12 April - International Women's Peace Action: Women's Worldwide Wailing and Silent Vigils - “be creative, dress in black and collectively mourn and wail against the war on Iraq and injustices worldwide ... More >>
Children + War, Fisk, Pilger, Monbiot, Toll Of War
Monday, 7 April 2003, 11:57 am | Peace Movement Aotearoa
The information pack ‘Responding to Children and Young People’s Uncertainty in a Time of War’ by the Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand is now available at http://www.mentalhealth.org.nz/childrenAndWar.asp More >>
National - what’s on where listings
Sunday, 6 April 2003, 10:37 pm | Peace Movement Aotearoa
~ New listing - Humanitarian Emergency in Iraq: Christian World Service, together with its partners in Iraq and the Middle East, has launched an appeal for the millions of Iraqi people suffering in the wake of the US led invasion - 'The impact on Iraqis ... More >>
Arundhati Roy ... now the bombs are falling
Friday, 4 April 2003, 10:43 am | Peace Movement Aotearoa
Below the links to the excellent new article by Arundhati Roy; and a chilling photo of an Iraqi prisoner comforting his small son, with an article entitled 'Civilian deaths 'unavoidable' - how very bizarre, surely civilian casualties are eminently ... More >>
Fisk, Chomsky, Jemima Khan, Guantanamo Bay
Thursday, 3 April 2003, 12:04 am | Peace Movement Aotearoa
New update: Baghdad hospital bombed, 2 April 2003 - "US aircraft hit a Red Crescent maternity hospital in Baghdad, the city's trade fair, and other civilian buildings today, killing several people and wounding at least 25, hospital sources ... More >>
New! W.A.R. t-shirts now available
Wednesday, 2 April 2003, 8:27 am | Peace Movement Aotearoa
In addition to the W.A.R. postcards and posters (designed by Bruce Mahalski), t-shirts with the W.A.R. image are now available. More >>