A discussion on conservation, the environment or peace with justice.
A discussion on conservation, the environment or peace with justice.
The public is given no knowledge of the background of the situation of the fighting in Ukraine. American Peace Activist Bruce Gagnon was in Ukraine in 2014 He witnessed events that we here in NZ , the public and the government need to know.
Retired co-director of the Security and Disarmament Centre the very real danger of a nuclear confrontation, maybe intentionally or maybe by accident or misunderstanding.
A discussion on conservation, the environment or peace with justice.
Dr David Robie reminds us that NZers once actively opposed nuclear testing in the Pacific. That spirit, that active opposition to nuclear testing, and to nuclear war must be revived. A new edition of Robie's book Eyes of Fire The Last Voyage of the Rainbow Warrior will be released soon.
A discussion on conservation, the environment or peace with justice.
It is crucial that nature-based solutions are prioritised in urgently needed climate adaptation legislation
Maire Venning, well known in Christchurch peace and justice circles, is very disturbed about the warfare being raged on the people of Gaza, including on the children. A generation is being traumatized. Maire questions why the lack of passion from churches, universities, the media. Is it because of fear of being accused of antisemitism?
Marjorie Cohn, professor emerita at Thomas Jefferson School of Law, former president of the National Lawyers Guild. Israel is guilty of apartheid, a crime against humanity, according to 2 international treaties: the Apartheid Convention and the Rome Statute.
A discussion on conservation, the environment or peace with justice.
Freshwater Campaigner for Greenpeace Aotearoa Rural children are at risk of drinking unsafe, contaminated water. Yet the government's Fast Track Approvals Bill will only make the situation worse.
The Israeli regime is determined to shut down, to dismantle UNRWA, the UN Relief and Works Agency mandated to directly provide services, including education and healthcare to Palestinian refugees. Marilyn Garson, a New Zealander who has worked with UNRWA in Gaza, discusses what UNRWA does and why it is so vital
Senior Lecturer in the School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, at RMIT Melbourne BRICS What is it? When was it formed and why? Who are the members and who wants to join? Does it signal a change in international relations?
A discussion on conservation, the environment or peace with justice.
Former member of NZ Parliament, Executive Director of Greenpeace Aotearoa Greenpeace in Brazil tackling massive fires..here in NZ, Greenpeace opposes the Fast Track Approvals Bill that promotes financial interests over environment concerns
Senior Lecturer in the School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, at RMIT Melbourne The annual meeting held in August in Annapolis Maryland, between, the US and Australian ministers of defense and foreign affairs, promoting AUKUS. The Pacific Island Forum held at the end of August in Tonga, pressuring Pacific countries to fear China & work with AUKUS when what the island peoples fear is climate breakdown
American writer, activist, prominent member of Jewish Voice for Peace, the Afro-Middle East Centre in Johannesburg, the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington DC, PHYLLIS BENNIS discusses 1) NZ's obligations as a signer of the 1948 Genocide Convention and 2) the significance of the word NAKBA (meaning catastrophe) to the Palestinian people.
Dr David Robie discusses the difficulty of outsiders, including us here in NZ, to grasp the reality of what is happening in Gaza. David discusses a) the ongoing assassinations of Palestinian journalists on the frontline in Gaza as eyewinesses to the horror b) the power of corporate media to downplay the realities of the catastrophic genocide being imposed on the people, the men, women and children of Gaza