Comments on: Falun Gong kicked out of Cuba Carnival http://blog.greens.org.nz/2007/02/24/falun-gong-kicked-out-of-cuba-carnival/ hopping along the corridors of power Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:25:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: katie http://blog.greens.org.nz/2007/02/24/falun-gong-kicked-out-of-cuba-carnival/#comment-24187 katie Wed, 28 Feb 2007 20:11:30 +0000 http://blog.greens.org.nz/2007/02/24/falun-gong-kicked-out-of-cuba-carnival/#comment-24187 Yep, Sam, nothin like a little guerilla stall to keep activists happy! We did end up running a small Green stall near the office for several sunny hours, which engendered lots of tourists/backpackers stopping for a chat, including a Canadian on a cycle tour of NZ, and quite a few assorted Germans, Poms and Aussies. Plus some local Green visitors, well met, livened the day! Thanks to Iona, and my many helpers, including Hamish, the redoubtable Eva, Paul, Nick and some I can't quite recall today (uni orientation is catchin up on me..) And a shout out to Ben, thanks for talkin to me each time you headed back home ;-) it was quiet a few times, so you broke the monotony in the early stages! Yep, Sam, nothin like a little guerilla stall to keep activists happy!

We did end up running a small Green stall near the office for several sunny hours, which engendered lots of tourists/backpackers stopping for a chat, including a Canadian on a cycle tour of NZ, and quite a few assorted Germans, Poms and Aussies. Plus some local Green visitors, well met, livened the day!

Thanks to Iona, and my many helpers, including Hamish, the redoubtable Eva, Paul, Nick and some I can’t quite recall today (uni orientation is catchin up on me..)
And a shout out to Ben, thanks for talkin to me each time you headed back home ;-) it was quiet a few times, so you broke the monotony in the early stages!

]]> By: Sam Buchanan http://blog.greens.org.nz/2007/02/24/falun-gong-kicked-out-of-cuba-carnival/#comment-24092 Sam Buchanan Mon, 26 Feb 2007 03:51:29 +0000 http://blog.greens.org.nz/2007/02/24/falun-gong-kicked-out-of-cuba-carnival/#comment-24092 We (anti-motorway campaign) were banned last time, and just gate crashed it anyway, so maybe the council decided it wasn't worth the trouble. There were complaints from people this time about an army LAV being included in the parade - not exactly the sort of thing that suits the 'Cuba Street culture'. It's pretty much a capitalist event nowadays, not much community involvement. Last time I recall this sort of thing happening was last October when Phil Goff kept a trade negotiations meeting with Chinese officials secret to prevent protest. NGOs were previously told shortly before this that nothing was happening on the NZ-China Free Trade Agreement. We (anti-motorway campaign) were banned last time, and just gate crashed it anyway, so maybe the council decided it wasn’t worth the trouble.

There were complaints from people this time about an army LAV being included in the parade - not exactly the sort of thing that suits the ‘Cuba Street culture’. It’s pretty much a capitalist event nowadays, not much community involvement.

Last time I recall this sort of thing happening was last October when Phil Goff kept a trade negotiations meeting with Chinese officials secret to prevent protest. NGOs were previously told shortly before this that nothing was happening on the NZ-China Free Trade Agreement.

]]> By: Russel http://blog.greens.org.nz/2007/02/24/falun-gong-kicked-out-of-cuba-carnival/#comment-24051 Russel Sun, 25 Feb 2007 00:18:45 +0000 http://blog.greens.org.nz/2007/02/24/falun-gong-kicked-out-of-cuba-carnival/#comment-24051 Repton, that's good news. Maybe they backed down! Repton, that’s good news. Maybe they backed down!

]]> By: Repton http://blog.greens.org.nz/2007/02/24/falun-gong-kicked-out-of-cuba-carnival/#comment-24044 Repton Sat, 24 Feb 2007 20:21:42 +0000 http://blog.greens.org.nz/2007/02/24/falun-gong-kicked-out-of-cuba-carnival/#comment-24044 Well, I was at Cuba Carnival, and Falun Dafa (which is the same as Falun Gong, I think) had a place in the parade. So either WCC relented, or they forgot to tell the parade organisers :-) Well, I was at Cuba Carnival, and Falun Dafa (which is the same as Falun Gong, I think) had a place in the parade.

So either WCC relented, or they forgot to tell the parade organisers :-)

]]> By: ZippyGonzales http://blog.greens.org.nz/2007/02/24/falun-gong-kicked-out-of-cuba-carnival/#comment-24028 ZippyGonzales Sat, 24 Feb 2007 07:20:00 +0000 http://blog.greens.org.nz/2007/02/24/falun-gong-kicked-out-of-cuba-carnival/#comment-24028 WCC and the Cuba Street Carnival has a history of not letting politics get in the way of the public good. First it was the anti-bypass people banned, then it was the Libz declined for a stall, now it's the Greens and the Falun Gong show disallowed. That didn't stop me and a few friends from collecting around 500 signatures today for the petition in support of Met Turei's Medicinal Cannabis Bill though. Here's to very civil disobedience! WCC and the Cuba Street Carnival has a history of not letting politics get in the way of the public good. First it was the anti-bypass people banned, then it was the Libz declined for a stall, now it’s the Greens and the Falun Gong show disallowed.

That didn’t stop me and a few friends from collecting around 500 signatures today for the petition in support of Met Turei’s Medicinal Cannabis Bill though. Here’s to very civil disobedience!

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