Subject: Say No to War! 13-21 Feb
Carmen
From: Peace Movement Aotearoa
Sent: Tuesday, 11 February 2003 10:10 a.m.
Subject: Say No to War! 13-21 Feb
11 February 2003
Below are the listings for events around the country during the
International Week of Action Against War, including the International Day
of Action on 15 February. They are also available on-line at
http://www.converge.org.nz/pma/wkac0203.htm That page will be updated as
new events come in - if you haven't sent your event notice in yet, please
send to p...@xtra.co.nz without delay!
Overseas, there are events planned in more than 340 cities in all parts of
the globe; millions of people are expected to take to the streets on 15
February. In Britian, the Independent reports that Hyde Park demonstration
is expected to draw the biggest crowds since VE Day - see
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/story.jsp?story76756
* Auckland
~ SAT, 15 February - International Day of Action against the war on Iraq,
march up Queen Street from QEII Square at 12 noon. Organised by Global
Peace and Justice Auckland, for more info contact John Minto email
jbm...@xtra.co.nz or Mike Treen email mi...@pl.net
~ SUN, 16 February - Silent Peace Vigil, every Sunday from 9-15am to
9-45am, outside the Quaker Meeting House, 115 Mt Eden Rd. All welcome, for
more info tel Friends Centre (09) 630 6834.
~ SUN, 16 February - Peace in the Park - a day of music, peace and politics
for all - families, frolickers, flower children, face painters, fairies,
would-be foreign policy advisors and those interested in sending out a
clear message to New Zealand and overseas governments 'NO Blood for Oil -
Peace, Not War in Iraq'. Performers include: Salon Kingsadore, Tamil
Cultural Group, Selwyn College Band, African Drummers, Brenda Lydiard and
Mark Laurent, One Voice Choir, Phil Toms, Taos, The Weather, Caitlin Smith,
Golden Horse, Shona Laing and Karen Hunter, Don McGlashan and more! With
MCs Michele A'Court and Caitlin Smith; from 1pm to 7pm at Potters Park,
corner Dominion and Balmoral Road, Balmoral. Organised by Global Peace and
Justice Auckland, for more info contact John Minto email jbm...@xtra.co.nz
or Mike Treen email mi...@pl.net
* Hamilton
~ SAT, 15 February - Gathering For Peace, 12 noon in Garden Place. For more
info and to help with organising, contact Hamilton for Peace, tel Dan at
(07) 856 9139 or email ham4...@hotmail.com
* Wanganui
~ SAT, 15 February - vigil in support of the International Day of Action,
gather in Majestic Square, time to be confirmed. For more info contact
Peter Watson, tel (06) 345 0634 or email pb...@clear.net.nz
* Opotiki
~ SAT, 15 February - Walk for Peace - assemble at 10-45am opposite the De
Luxe Theatre, Church St, for a 'Walk for Peace' through the shopping
centre, returning for a rally ouside the Plunket Rooms. For more info
contact Lynne Dempsey, Eastern Bay People for Peace, tel (07) (07) 315 4646
or email dem...@clear.net.nz
* Whakatane
~ SAT, 15 February - Walk For Peace - assemble 12-30pm near the Skateboard
Bowl, for 'Walk For Peace' along the Strand, ending at the Information
Centre for a rally. For more info contact Lynne Dempsey, Eastern Bay People
for Peace, tel (07) 315 4646 or email dem...@clear.net.nz
* Hastings
~ SAT, 15 February - Peace in the Park, with music, painting, dancing, and
making Peace Cranes, and more; from 11am - Concert on the new stage in the
Hastings Central City area, featuring local performers; from 1pm - Peace in
the Park, Civic Square (by the library), bring a picnic, fun activities for
young and old! For more info or to contrubute energy to this event contact
Peace Movement Hawkes Bay, Liz tel (06) 875 1234 or email
lize...@xtra.co.nz
* Dannevirke
~ MON, 17 February - Peace for Iraq, Tararua, next action group meeting,
7pm, Patchworks, 3 Gordon Street. For more info contact Tanya (06) 374 7267.
* Palmerston North
~ THURS, 13 February - Art for Peace Workshop - a workshop on banners and
balloons, from 9-30am to 11-30am (before the peace march, see listing
below), at Te Whare Akonga / Open Leaning Centre. For more info contact
Manawatu Peace Collective, tel (06) 357 7882 or email
openle...@xtra.co.nz
~ THURS, 13 February - Peace March in solidarity with the international
protest against the greatly escalating the 12 year war on Iraq, assemble at
11-45am on the Railway land, Pitt St; 12 noon march to and around the
Square to Te Marae o Hine; 12-30pm soapbox and songs. All welcome to
contribute / speak. For more info contact Manawatu Peace Collective, tel
(06) 357 7882 or email openle...@xtra.co.nz
~ SAT, 22 February - Family World Peace Picnic, 12 noon to 6pm in the
Square, please bring a plate of food to share. Organised by Manawatu Peace
Collective and Manawatu Musicians for Peace, for more info or to help with
organising the picnic, contact Ross (06) 359 4681 or Fiona (06) 357 5317.
* Wellington
~ THURS, 13 February - weekly vigil for peace, 5pm to 6pm at the Cenotaph,
for more info contact Peace Movement Aotearoa, tel (04) 382 8129 or email
p...@xtra.co.nz
~ SAT, 15 February - March and Rally for Peace in the Middle East - gather
12 noon at Glover Park (Ghuznee Street, between Cuba Street and Cumberland
Place), free flowers and face painting; march through Cuba Mall, Manners
Street, Willis Street, Lambton Quay, to Midland Park and rally with
speakers: Lucy, youth activist; Keith Locke, Green MP; Emad Jabbar,
esteemed Iraqi poet; and Edwina Hughes, Peace Movement Aotearoa; plus music
and open mike. Part of the International Day of Action. For more info
contact Peace Action Wellington tel (04) 382 8129 or email
peacewe...@hotmail.com
~ WEDS, 19 February - No NZ support for war - Rally at parliament to tell
the NZ government directly that they must give no support to the new war on
the people of Iraq; with speakers, music and the presentation of the final
batch of signatures in the national No NZ support for the 'war on
terrorism' petition; gather in parliament grounds at 12-30pm. For more
information contact Peace Movement Aotearoa, tel (04) 382 8129 or email
p...@xtra.co.nz
~ THURS, 20 February - weekly vigil for peace, 5pm to 6pm at the Cenotaph,
for more info contact Peace Movement Aotearoa, tel (04) 382 8129 or email
p...@xtra.co.nz
* Motueka
~ WEDS, 19 February - Toot For Peace, every Wednesday from 4-30pm to
5-30pm, in front of Happy Apple Backpackers (east edge of town). Bring a
sign and a friend, for more info contact Alison tel (03) 528 8864.
* Nelson
~ FRI, 14 February - 'NO to War - weekly Toot for Peace Action, 4pm to 6pm
on the median strip on Haven Road between Auckland Point School and
Trafalgar Centre, Nelson - bring a sign and a friend. For more info contact
email ann...@clear.net.nz
~ FRI, 21 February - 'NO to War - weekly Toot for Peace Action, 4pm to 6pm
on the median strip on Haven Road between Auckland Point School and
Trafalgar Centre, Nelson - bring a sign and a friend. For more info contact
email ann...@clear.net.nz
* Greymouth
~ SAT, 15 February - inaugural meeting of West Coast Peace Group -
suggested aims of the Peace Group are to promote discussion on issues
affecting peace; to educate the wider community on these issues; to link
with other peace groups in New Zealand and internationally; to witness to
changes in society necessary for a peaceful future by holding public
activities in the local region, and to discuss the current situation in the
Middle East. Everyone is welcome, no matter what their faith or belief
system. Meet at 2pm, DP:One Cafe, 108 Mawhera Quay. Part of the
International Day of Action. For more info please contact Paul Maunder tel
(03) 732 4010 or email wkcu...@ihug.co.nz or Rev Alan Cummins tel (03) 768
7667.
* Christchurch
~ FRI, 14 February - Christchurch Catholic Worker invite you to join their
weekly vigil at the US Air Force base at Harewood, flights from the base
serve the vast US military/intelligence bases at Pine Gap and Nurrungar.
Meet at 5pm, at the Airport Roundabout (where the totem pole is). For more
info contact Christchurch Catholic Worker email
mm...@student.canterbury.ac.nz
~ SAT, 15 February - Celebrate the International Day of Anti-War Action at
the Peace Picnic - with entertainment including The Cooltones, Oakley
Grenell, Anne Low, DJs, drumming, poetry, juggling, theatrics, stalls and
speakers - activities for all ages! Please bring a white flower with you.
From 1pm, at Victoria Square. For more info contact Peace Action Network
tel (03) 981 2825.
~ FRI, 21 February - Christchurch Catholic Worker invite you to join their
weekly vigil at the US Air Force base at Harewood, flights from the base
serve the vast US military/intelligence bases at Pine Gap and Nurrungar.
Meet at 5pm, at the Airport Roundabout (where the totem pole is). For more
info contact Christchurch Catholic Worker email
mm...@student.canterbury.ac.nz
* Timaru
~ THURS, 13 February - Peace On the Piazza - a gathering to send a message
to NZ and overseas governments that the people of South Canterbury wish to
give peace a chance; meet at 5-30pm on the Piazza, opposite Hydro Grand
hotel, or if wet, Bay Hall. Music by Vicki and Friends, messages of peace,
lighting of peace candles, release of peace doves; and for those wishing to
stay, there will be dances of universal peace, with Shafia Stevens. For
more info contact Nance Hammond, tel (03) 684 4608 or email
nanceh...@hotmail.com
* Dunedin
~ SAT, 15 February - March and Rally to Oppose War in Iraq, unite with the
International Day of Action, and remember the victims of the 1991 bombing
of the Amariyah shelter by the US; meet at 11-45am at the Museum for the
march, or from 12-30pm in the Octagon, with picnics and families. For more
info contact Fiona Bowker email fiona...@hotmail.com
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rag
Carmen wrote in message ...
>
>From: Peace Movement Aotearoa
>Sent: Tuesday, 11 February 2003 10:10 a.m.
>Subject: Say No to War! 13-21 Feb
>
>11 February 2003
>
>Below are the listings for events around the country during the
>International Week of Action Against War, including the International >Day
Hey! The liberation of the peoples of Iraq from the tyranny that is Saddamn
is not a war, it's only a turkey shoot.
And where's that Steve Ritters that you commie's used to dust off for mass
meetings?
rag
John
everyone else. If these guys had been around in the 1930s we would
all be speaking German or Japanese now..
The name of the group says it all.
"Carmen" <carm...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>From: Peace Movement Aotearoa
>Sent: Tuesday, 11 February 2003 10:10 a.m.
>Subject: Say No to War! 13-21 Feb
>
>11 February 2003
>
Snip.
Steve
> I guess these people will wait until some attacks them and then blame
> everyone else. If these guys had been around in the 1930s we would
> all be speaking German or Japanese now..
>
> The name of the group says it all.
John
Hussein is a broken down dictator with no significant military capability at
all after 12 years of UN sanctions.
He isn't allowed to fly in many parts of his country. He can't project force
into the autnonmous areas that have already in effect broken away.
The point - which you have missed, it seems - is that lobbing 800 cruise
missiles at Baghdad is not the ONLY optoin available.
The Franco-German proposal makes that staringly obvious IF one is prepared
to thinks ways of disarming Iraq that don't involve violent military
conquest and widespread devastation.
The Bush Administration wants the oil....and is deaf to every other option
that would ensure peace, but keep their mits off the oil.
If we let Bush get away with it, you Hitler analogy will be more appropriate
than you realise......and the baddie won't be Hussein.
It will be the Bush/Cheney/Rumsfeld 3-headed imperial war beast.
Steve
>
> Carmen wrote in message ...
>>
>>From: Peace Movement Aotearoa
>>Sent: Tuesday, 11 February 2003 10:10 a.m.
>>Subject: Say No to War! 13-21 Feb
>>
>>11 February 2003
>>
>>Below are the listings for events around the country during the
>>International Week of Action Against War, including the International >Day
>
> Hey! The liberation of the peoples of Iraq from the tyranny that is
> Saddamn is not a war, it's only a turkey shoot.
800 cruise missiles, plus whatever else, headed for Baghdad?
They have to destroy it to 'liberate' it?
Bush & Rumsfeld haven't learned a thing from Vietnam.
Their lies bother me most. Powell's 'chemical factory' is an empty set of
buildings in a part of Iraq that Hussein doesn't even control.
LeftAintRight
> From: Peace Movement Aotearoa
> Sent: Tuesday, 11 February 2003 10:10 a.m.
> Subject: Say No to War! 13-21 Feb
>
> 11 February 2003
>
> Below are the listings for events around the country during the
Say NO to War!
Say YES to keeping Iraqis oppressed and under the rule of a ruthless
dictator!
Say YES to appeasement!
Say YES to terrorists with chemical weapons!
Peter H.M. Brooks
"LeftAintRight" <kda...@ihug.co.nz> wrote in message
news:b2aa2r$6kj$1...@lust.ihug.co.nz...
> Carmen wrote:
> > From: Peace Movement Aotearoa
> > Sent: Tuesday, 11 February 2003 10:10 a.m.
> > Subject: Say No to War! 13-21 Feb
> >
> > 11 February 2003
> >
> > Below are the listings for events around the country during the
>
> Say NO to War!
>
> Say YES to keeping Iraqis oppressed and under the rule of a ruthless
> dictator!
>
then.
So, in your view, the best way to liberate Yanks is to kill them too.
Peculiar.
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LeftAintRight
> "LeftAintRight" <kda...@ihug.co.nz> wrote in message
> news:b2aa2r$6kj$1...@lust.ihug.co.nz...
>
>>Carmen wrote:
>>
>>>From: Peace Movement Aotearoa
>>>Sent: Tuesday, 11 February 2003 10:10 a.m.
>>>Subject: Say No to War! 13-21 Feb
>>>
>>>11 February 2003
>>>
>>>Below are the listings for events around the country during the
>>
>>Say NO to War!
>>
>>Say YES to keeping Iraqis oppressed and under the rule of a ruthless
>>dictator!
>>
>
> So you think that they'd prefer to be dead - killed by a foreign regime
> then.
>
> So, in your view, the best way to liberate Yanks is to kill them too.
>
> Peculiar.
>
>
Let me explain the difference.
Bush will liberate Iraq with the aim of causing as few civilian
casualities as reasonably possible.
Saddam, if in the same position, wouldn't care about how about civilians
he killed.
Sonn
"Carmen" <carm...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> From: Peace Movement Aotearoa
> Sent: Tuesday, 11 February 2003 10:10 a.m.
> Subject: Say No to War! 13-21 Feb
>
> 11 February 2003
>
> Below are the listings for events around the country during the
> International Week of Action Against War, including the International Day
> of Action on 15 February. They are also available on-line at
> http://www.converge.org.nz/pma/wkac0203.htm That page will be updated as
> new events come in - if you haven't sent your event notice in yet, please
> send to p...@xtra.co.nz without delay!
>
> Overseas, there are events planned in more than 340 cities in all parts of
> the globe; millions of people are expected to take to the streets on 15
> February. In Britian, the Independent reports that Hyde Park demonstration
> is expected to draw the biggest crowds since VE Day - see
> http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/story.jsp?story76756
>
... so, are these naked gatherings Carmen - like the ones overseas - or just
your run-of-the-mill objective action ............... ???
S.
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Jim Purdie
Just as we liberated Vietnam, along with our American allies. The trouble
was, on the whole they didn't want us to liberate them. Or just like
liberating Afghanistan seems to have encouraged more fighting. Perhaps they
didn't want to be liberated, either. Or like the Chileans, who had the
temerity to elect a government that the US felt was acting against its
interests.
Nevertheless, it seems only probable that "liberating" Iraq will kill more
Iraqis than not liberating it. At least it will get rid of the current
sanctions, and of course will give America access to a lot of oil, just as
it's own begins to run out. What do a few Iraqis matter compared to that? If
there are any left, they will be able to get jobs pumping their oil out of
the ground for American oil companies.
And a good war, on someone else's soil, and against a country that can't put
up too much resistance, will do wonders for the American economy, and for
Bush's chances of re-election. So to hell with the UN, and to hell with
everyone else. St George is rushing to battle, and will not be denied. Some
of the more brainless among us even seem to have convinced themselves that
he has right on his side. Who do you think he should march against next?
Perhaps New Zealand! After all, we won't allow his ships to come here, so we
should be punished too.
Jim Purdie