Mariano Cabrero :En el reciente accidente aéreo de Barajas (Madrid), uno de los menores supervivientes preguntaba con insistencia:” ¿Pero cuándo se va a acabar la película?”.

This just in: Tomorrow morning the Duxton Hotel in Wellington will be hosting the 11th annual 'Defence Industry Association Forum', otherwise known as the Weapons Conference!

In Auckland and Hamilton low-paid workers at McDonald's and the Farmers department store are striking and protesting for better pay and working conditions.

The strikes started on September 19th with workers working out of Otara McDonald's, to be accompanied on the picket line by a giant inflatable rat. October 3 saw staff at six different McDonald's walk out, five in Auckland and one in Hamilton. The striking workers at the Auckland Airport McDonald's travelled into the city to support strikers at two other stores, while when the Hamilton strikers left their store, only mangers who were specially brought in from Auckland, 130km away, were left running the store. During these strikes, which lasted for several hours or longer, many customers left without food rather than cross the picket lines.

In this issue we discuss veganism and the need to recognise that all forms of oppression are linked; hence the feature title; Vegan is Not Enough. It is not enough to recognise our privilege over animals but ignore that which we have over women, other cultures, queers and the environment. Similarly people active in social justice movements often do not acknowledge the power and privilege they hold over the earth and our animal brothers and sisters.

PRESS RELEASE
September 26, 2008

Filipino Migrants Question ANZ Bank's Ethics

A group of Filipino workers is backing the Finsec union in its opposition to staff reductions at the ANZ bank.

Migrante Aotearoa, an Auckland based migrant Filipino worker organisation says ANZ’s treatment of its loyal workforce is deplorable but totally in line with its behaviour in the global arena.

The Otautahi (Christchurch) Cuba Friendship Society has a really awesome blog. I just found it now.

AG Media Holdings that nowadays promotes itself as a government
endorsed 'face biometric authentication' company called Cryptometrics(with supposed employment by the New Zealand Passport Office and Taiwan government!)
promoted by penny stock criminal David Patch,(who also claims Saudi
arms dealer Adnan Kashoggi's GenesisIntermedia among other pump and
dump frauds were 'naked shorted')and its' CEO GARY VALINOTTI WAS FINED
BY THE SEC for the same issuing of 100s of millions of worthless
shares but for them that's just part of bribing the SEC AND CONTINUING
WITH BUSINESS AS USUAL.

3 October