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Avatar’s secret history lesson on our doorstep

Submitted by omar on 9 February 2010 - 5:10pm
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Avatar’s secret history lesson on our doorstep

Rescue of 111 Hens Marks Start of New Group and Egg Campaign

Submitted by Animal Freedom ... on 8 February 2010 - 11:18pm
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In the week leading up to our official launch party, Animal Freedom Aotearoa members carried out the open rescue of 111 layer hens from a factory farm near Auckland. This action marked the start of our group and the beginning of a campaign to take on the entire egg industry; including free range and barn raised production systems.

Animal Freedom Aotearoa Launch

Submitted by Animal Freedom ... on 8 February 2010 - 9:49pm
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Yesterday we celebrated the launch of our new group Animal Freedom Aotearoa (AFA) with a well attended launch party in Auckland.

The A-fem hui is back! April 2-5 2010 near Wellington.

Submitted by afem20101 {at } gmail.com (not verified) on 8 February 2010 - 8:21pm
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Kia ora koutou e hoa ma,

…building on previous anarcha-feminist hui, and learning from WEIRD ‘09 (womyn engaging in radical decolonisations) …

2014: A deadline for disaster

Submitted by kittyhawk (not verified) on 7 February 2010 - 7:46pm
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The National government re-pledged full and final settlements for all outstanding treaty claims by 2014 at yesterday’s Waitangi Day events. This utterly arbitrary date is unlikely to see an end to colonial injustice and systemic racism, and as Mr.

No Tino Rangatiratanga No Peace

Submitted by uriohau on 7 February 2010 - 12:38am
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May the Prison Walls Crumble on Waitangi Day NO Tino Rangatiratanga NO Peace

Asians Supporting Tino Rangatiratanga at Waitangi

Submitted by m.y. (not verified) on 3 February 2010 - 11:11am
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Sat 6 Feb
Waitangi Treaty Grounds

On 6th February 2010, a group of Asian activists will stand under the banner ‘Asians Supporting Tino Rangatiratanga’ to commemorate Waitangi Day on Treaty Grounds.

What's that all about? Asians don’t have anything to do with all that stuff.

Wellington solidarity with the FAU-B

Submitted by Asher on 1 February 2010 - 5:42pm
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In Berlin, Germany, workers at the Babylon Cinema are being victimised by management and the German State. The workers are members of the anarcho-syndicalist union the Freie Arbeiterinnen- und Arbeiter-Union (FAU).

Alistair Hulett has has died: Icon of Scottish folk music, international socialism, and Australian punk rock dead at 57

Submitted by David Rovics (not verified) on 30 January 2010 - 11:47pm
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Today is my daughter Leila's fourth birthday, and while this occasion brings my thoughts back to the day she was born, the past 24 hours have otherwise been full of fairly devastating news.

 

PHILIPPINES: GWP Liza Maza, Marcos to join common NP sorties

Submitted by Leila Salaverria (not verified) on 30 January 2010 - 1:03pm
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MANILA, Philippines—Gabriela Women's Party Rep. Liza Maza and Ilocos Norte Rep. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos can look forward to spending more time together.

Maza on Monday said she and Marcos would be in one group of the Nacionalista Party senatorial candidates touring the country during the campaign period.