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Rocket Lab no longer pretends to be anything other than an increasingly vital part of that war machine. Recent headlines trumpet that it is ready to "serve the Pentagon" and that it is going to help the US and UK develop hypersonic missiles. More >>
Anti-Bases Campaign Statement Of Solidarity On February 23 Global Day Of Action To Close Bases
Sunday, 23 February 2025, 3:05 pm | Anti Bases Campaign
Develop a genuinely independent foreign policy. More >>
Waihopai Spy Base Protest January 29
Sunday, 23 January 2022, 2:48 pm | Anti Bases Campaign
In light of today's announcement that the whole country is immediately moving into traffic light red status, the Anti-Bases Campaign Committee held an urgent e-mail meeting to decide whether to proceed or not with next Saturday's Waihopai spy base ... More >>
Terrorist Attack Report Confirms Need To Abolish GCSB; Close Waihopai Spy Base; & Get Out Of Five Eyes
Wednesday, 9 December 2020, 2:50 pm | Anti Bases Campaign
One monotonously expressed defence of the Waihopai spy base (operated by the NZ Government Communications Security Bureau - GCSB) is that it defends NZ from terrorists. No, it doesn't. That was dramatically shown on March 15th, 2019, when a fascist ... More >>
What Does "Mother of All Bombs" Have to Do with Christchurch
Monday, 24 April 2017, 8:57 pm | Anti Bases Campaign
What Does "Mother of All Bombs", Dropped on Afghanistan, Have to Do with Christchurch Airport? In the week that the Five Eyes spy bosses are holding their secret meeting in Queenstown, thus reminding us that the Waihopai spy base is NZ's ... More >>
Submission of the ABC to Intelligence and Security Review
Friday, 14 August 2015, 10:25 am | Anti Bases Campaign
Submission of the Anti-Bases Campaign to the Intelligence and Security Review 12 August 2015 1. Preamble More >>
Anti-Bases Campaign Calls For Thorough Intelligence Review
Tuesday, 12 May 2015, 9:02 am | Anti Bases Campaign
It is looking more and more like the Government intends its forthcoming intelligence review to be undertaken with little or no public transparency, according to the Anti Bases Campaign. It is already May and no details have been made available about who ... More >>
Waihopai Spybase Protest Saturday January 24th
Friday, 16 January 2015, 9:55 am | Anti Bases Campaign
People from all around New Zealand will be converging on the super-secret Waihopai satellite interception spybase, in Marlborough, on Saturday January 24th . More >>
John Key Says Yanks Not Spying on Him
Thursday, 31 October 2013, 10:22 am | Anti Bases Campaign
John Key says that he's allowed to wear big boy's pants because New Zealand is a member of The Club (Five Eyes, formally known as the UKUSA Agreement), which he says means that the intelligence agencies of the US, UK, Canada, Australia and New ... More >>
Complaint on actions at Waihopai protest upheld by Police
Wednesday, 4 September 2013, 11:32 am | Anti Bases Campaign
NZ Police have now concluded the investigation into your complaint to the IPCA dated 24 January 2013. This complaint related to Police actions at a protest that you were involved in at the Waihopai Base on 19 January 2013. More >>
Bob Leonard, Veteran Anti-Bases Activist, Died Last Week
Tuesday, 20 August 2013, 9:50 am | Anti Bases Campaign
Bob Leonard, founder and leader of the Anti-Bases Campaign (ABC), died on August 13th in Wellington Hospital. He was 74. He's definitely worth an obituary or news report. It's very topical, considering the current furore about the GCSB BIll More >>
Intelligence & Security Committee Is Not A Select Committee
Friday, 12 July 2013, 4:25 pm | Anti Bases Campaign
Some media reporting has referred to the ISC as a Select Committee, as if it is just another Parliamentary Committee. It most assuredly is not. More >>
GCSB:Forget the Clowns, It's Time the Whole Circus Left Town
Monday, 8 April 2013, 9:48 am | Anti Bases Campaign
It has to be admitted that the GCSB sideshow is entertaining (the PM could have a lucrative post-politics career appearing at kids' parties as Amnesio the Clown. Or he and Kim Dotcom could do a great Laurel and Hardy double act). More >>
The Death of Bryan Law
Wednesday, 3 April 2013, 10:13 am | Anti Bases Campaign
ABC is deeply shocked to learn of Bryan Law's death. He was a significant person to us for two reasons. 1/ He was one of the Australian Christian peace activists to enter and occupy the top secret US warfighting spy base at Pine Gap, near Alice ... More >>
Exposed Police Spy & Agent Provocateur Rob Gilchrist
Monday, 11 February 2013, 11:03 am | Anti Bases Campaign
The Anti-Bases Campaign was among the numerous groups spied on by Rob Gilchrist for the Police, who has now filed a damages claim against his former employers for 'mental pain' http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/8285326/Police-spy-sues-for-mental-pain ... More >>
Waihopai Spybase Protest Saturday January 19th
Wednesday, 9 January 2013, 1:17 pm | Anti Bases Campaign
People from all around New Zealand will be converging on the super-secret Waihopai satellite interception spybase, in Marlborough, on Saturday January 19th. More >>
Time for NZ to Get Out of UKUSA Spy System
Thursday, 26 July 2012, 3:15 pm | Anti Bases Campaign
Millions of dollars are being squandered by New Zealand on intelligence agencies that produce no discernible benefits for this country, says the Anti-Bases Campaign (ABC). More >>
Peace Researcher Issue # 43
Wednesday, 13 June 2012, 2:58 pm | Anti Bases Campaign
Peace Researcher Issue # 43 May 2012 Manoeuvred Back Into ANZUS: Subversion Of NZ's Independence by Warren Thomson Waihopai Spy Base Protest 2012 by Murray Horton Trying To Make NZ Intelligence Agencies More Accountable: My Efforts In Parliament by Keith ... More >>
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