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APEC 2021 – Haere atu!

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APEC 2021 is coming with the first official meetings beginning in December 2020 in Wellington. But in the lead-up to that there's the APEC 2021 Bill going through parliament with submissions due 12 th February. This law is being passed to allow extreme security and surveillance from 1 July 2020 until 21 November 2021. Many local groups are calling for submissions to oppose the Bill, Auckland Peace Action has information on how do a submission. APEC's goal is global free market and trade liberalisation. It emerged in 1989 in the Asia-Pacific region after major trade blocks were established in Europe and North America. During the APEC 1999 summit in Auckland it was described as ' white knights of colonisation '. APEC's aim is profit at the expense of people and the environment.     APEC’s agenda worsens poverty and climate change     APEC’s agenda enables massive corporate sell-offs of land and resources     APEC increases the ease with which transnational corporat

APEC 2021 – Haere atu!

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APEC 2021 is coming with the first official meetings beginning in December 2020 in Wellington. But in the lead-up to that there's the APEC 2021 Bill going through parliament with submissions due 12 th February. This law is being passed to allow extreme security and surveillance from 1 July 2020 until 21 November 2021. Many local groups are calling for submissions to oppose the Bill, Auckland Peace Action has information on how do a submission. APEC's goal is global free market and trade liberalisation. It emerged in 1989 in the Asia-Pacific region after major trade blocks were established in Europe and North America. During the APEC 1999 summit in Auckland it was described as ' white knights of colonisation '. APEC's aim is profit at the expense of people and the environment.     APEC’s agenda worsens poverty and climate change     APEC’s agenda enables massive corporate sell-offs of land and resources     APEC increases the ease with which transnational corporat

The Manus Refugee Crisis – pamphlet and poster available

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The situation of the refugees who have been abandoned by Australia on Manus Island is getting worse by the day. They have been without food, water or medical supplies for 19 days now and many of them are acutely ill. On Saturday, the supposedly safe new camp in Lorengau was invaded by locals, armed with knives and machetes, who turned the electricity generator off. We need to get them here now! The Freedom Shop has put together two resources that can help spread information and raise awareness.   A twelve-page A5 pamphlet titled “The Manus Refugee Crisis – the story so far” provides a bit of background on the Australian detention policy and the history of the Manus camp, before giving a day-by-day chronology of the events since the closure of the camps on 31 October. Download the un-imposed (good for reading on a screen) version here and the imposed (good for printing) here . The fold-up poster “Welcome Refugees” is a quick-read info sheet and call to action, on the back of a poster.

The Manus Refugee Crisis – pamphlet and poster available

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The situation of the refugees who have been abandoned by Australia on Manus Island is getting worse by the day. They have been without food, water or medical supplies for 19 days now and many of them are acutely ill. On Saturday, the supposedly safe new camp in Lorengau was invaded by locals, armed with knives and machetes, who turned the electricity generator off. We need to get them here now! The Freedom Shop has put together two resources that can help spread information and raise awareness.   A twelve-page A5 pamphlet titled “The Manus Refugee Crisis – the story so far” provides a bit of background on the Australian detention policy and the history of the Manus camp, before giving a day-by-day chronology of the events since the closure of the camps on 31 October. Download the un-imposed (good for reading on a screen) version here and the imposed (good for printing) here . The fold-up poster “Welcome Refugees” is a quick-read info sheet and call to action, on the back of a poster