Global Peace And Justice Auckland
Newsletter #275
February 17 2009
Website: http://www.gpja.org.nz/

Quotes Of The Week

"Hungry man, reach for the book: It is a weapon." B. Brecht

"Let no man think we can deny civil liberty to others and retain it for ourselves. When zealous agents of the Government arrest suspected "radicals" without warrant, hold them without prompt trial, deny them access to counsel and admission of bail....we have shorn the Bill of Rights of its sanctity..." -- Robert M. Lafollette, Sr. (1855-1925) U.S. Senator - Source: The Progressive, March 1920

"Members of Congress should wear uniforms like NASCAR drivers so we could identify their corporate sponsors." - Author Unknown

"The salary of the chief executive of the large corporation is not a market award for achievement. It is frequently in the nature of a warm personal gesture by the individual to himself" - J K Galbraith - Annals of an Abiding Liberal

What's On In Auckland

JOIN THE RAT PATROL AGAINST UNFAIR DISMISSALS: From March '09 workers in small businesses will be able to be sacked for any reason, or no reason at all, in their first 90 days of employment. The RAT PATROL has been launched by unions and community groups to make sure no worker get unfairly dismissed under the new law. The Rat Patrol received a great response in Coyle Park last weekend, with hundreds of workers taking leaflets for the demonstration on 28 February. There is loads of anger in the community about the new law, and people love the idea of bringing the giant inflatable rat to shame their own rat bosses. Come along over the next few weeks to give us a hand with the leaflets and sign-ups:

Saturday 21 Feb - Otara Market (Morning) - Details TBC

Let us know which events you can can help out at, and which other events you'd like to take the rat to. The leaflet can be DOWNLOADED - you can use them anywhere, so sign up your friends and workmates, and send the names back in so we can keep building the RAT PATROL. If you can't find the rat when you get to the event, text me on 0210 358 513 and we'll try to locate you... Hope to see you all tomorrow, Nicola

REGISTER AS A RAT PATROL MEMBER to join the emergency solidarity pickets against unfair sackings. Our goal is to have several hundred people registered as willing and able to respond to appeals for help on short notice. Register with your email address and/or mobile number for text messages. To join email wewontpayforyourcrisis@gmail.com
http://indymedia.org.nz/newswire/display/76759/index.php

Sunday, February 22, 2pm, Socialist Centre, 86 Princes St, Onehunga

SOCIALIST WORKER AUCKLAND FORUM - PREDICTING THE FUTURE WITH OBAMA'S GHOST: FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT. The forum will examine President Roosevelt's New Deal in the United States during the Great Depression of the 1930s. This will help us to predict where his ideological successor, Barack Obama, might go in today's global mega-slump. Presenter: GRANT MORGAN, longtime socialist campaigner. A L L W EL C O M E. socialist-worker@pl.net

www.unityblognz.com

Saturday, February 28, 12 noon, Aotea Square, Queen St
FEB 28: JOIN THE RAT PATROL AGAINST UNFAIR DISMISSALS: On Saturday February 28th come out on the streets to show Auckland that the Rat Patrol will be on hand to deal with unfair dismissals.

ENDS

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