Elle Frances
elleinwellington.bsky.social
Elle Frances
@elleinwellington.bsky.social
Girls just wanna have fundamental human rights. Here for good folks & glimmers of hope. She/her, Pōneke 🏳️‍🌈⚖️
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Yeo cartoon
December 15, 2023 at 4:13 AM
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Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington - Rally For Palestine - Parliament, 12pm tomorrow (Tuesday 12th)

Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington - SmokeFree Protest - Parliament, 1pm, Wednesday 13th
December 11, 2023 at 4:29 AM
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We have updated the time for our Thursday counter-protest to 12 noon - we hope lots of you can join us on your lunch hour to stand up against war, hatred and genocide. Free Palestine. Stop Genocide.
December 6, 2023 at 8:18 AM
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Come work with me at the VUW Faculty of Law!

Hiring from entry level up to A-Prof, focus on private law but there WILL be more hiring over the course of next year focusing other fields so if you're interested do put your hat in the ring.

Happy to chat about the role. Applications close 24 Jan.
Lecturer/ Senior Lecturer/ Associate Professor in Law
* Have you been looking for your next role as a Lecturer, Senior Lecturer or Associate Professor in Law for 2024? * Are you interested in teaching inspirational law courses with current legal qualifi...
www.aplitrak.com
December 5, 2023 at 7:01 AM
If you’re in need of Māori merch for future protests (and everyday life!) this is a super helpful guide on where to buy vt.tiktok.com/ZSNCDqoH2/
Puna Awarau on TikTok
Māori owned businesses to buy Kaupapa Māori gear from. Support the kaupapa and our pakihi Māori. #buymāori #kaupapamāori #toitūtetiriti
vt.tiktok.com
December 5, 2023 at 6:45 AM
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Press release: NZ Jewish and Palestinian groups gather at Parliament to urge new Minister to call for ceasefire in Gaza. This time calls for courageous and compassionate leadership.

Read the full briefing to the incoming minister and join us at parliament Tuesday at 12:45
ajv.org.nz/2023/12/04/p...
Press release: NZ Jewish and Palestinian groups gather at Parliament to urge new Minister to call fo...
Monday, 4 December - For immediate release On Tuesday, 5 December at 12:45pm supporters of Palestine will gather at the steps of Parliament to call on the incoming Minister of Foreign Affairs, the new...
ajv.org.nz
December 4, 2023 at 8:11 AM
Wellington folks, Francesca Albanese is speaking here tonight re human rights abuses in Palestine 7.30pm: kiaoragaza.wordpress.com/2023/11/15/f...
November 21, 2023 at 4:06 AM
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The Israeli bombing campaign in Gaza is reportedly killing children at a rate unprecedented in 21st-century conflict, according to data www.washingtonpost.com/world/intera...
November 14, 2023 at 7:38 AM
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Tonight, 8.30pm, at Te Papa. Via @just4pal
November 12, 2023 at 9:25 PM
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Here’s the current top priority boycott targets of the global BDS movement. Friends, let’s not support with our hard earned dollar dollar bills, companies supporting ethnic cleansing and genocide: https://bdsmovement.net/Act-Now-Against-These-Companies-Profiting-From-Genocide
Act Now Against These Companies Profiting from the Genocide of the
Below is a detailed guide of our targeted consumer boycotts, divestment and pressure campaigns. Help us spread the word to maximize our impact!
bdsmovement.net
November 10, 2023 at 7:22 PM
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So we keep our gaze fixed on Gaza. No matter how much it hurts. No matter how horrifying it gets. No matter how much we cry. No matter how often we slump over and feel like we can’t do it anymore.

caitlinjohnstone.com.au/2023/11/08/w...
We Keep Our Gaze Fixed On Gaza
So we keep our gaze fixed on Gaza. No matter how much it hurts. No matter how horrifying it gets. No matter how much we cry. No matter how often we slump over and feel like we can’t do it anymore.
caitlinjohnstone.com.au
November 7, 2023 at 2:57 PM
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Little plug for Ms. Information. Please go see it as the cinema/encourage your friends/family to see it. The issues raised haven’t gone away - in fact, with NZ First on 8 seats, one of our new MPs belonged to a Telegram group that wants me prosecuted & executed! www.msinformationmovie.com/screenings
SCREENINGS — Ms. Information Movie
www.msinformationmovie.com
November 3, 2023 at 7:28 PM
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Every school. Every workplace. This isn’t hard. www.newscientist.com/article/2398...
Schools cut covid-19 sick days by 20 per cent using HEPA air filters
The eagerly awaited finding comes from the first randomised trial of putting HEPA filter machines into classrooms
www.newscientist.com
October 22, 2023 at 7:16 AM
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Conditions were bad enough in these places for tamariki to hold rooftop protests earlier this year.
Plea on ram raid crackdown: Don't throw even more children into overcrowded youth justice homes
A new youth crime law will simply dump more children in an overcrowded youth justice system that is already set to exceed capacity by the end of this year, Parliament is told. Jonathan Milne reports.
www.newsroom.co.nz
October 21, 2023 at 5:29 PM
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"Hold onto your anger & use it for compost for your garden...if we think of anger as compost...as energy that can be recycled in the direction of our good, it is an empowering force."
~bell hooks
October 15, 2023 at 1:11 AM
What’s the best online platform to get live updates on the close electorate seats?
October 14, 2023 at 6:46 AM
Metiria Turei on TVNZ (but also, Simon Bridges)
October 14, 2023 at 6:10 AM
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Anyone in line before 7pm will be able to vote today no matter how long the line

www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/nz-genera...
October 14, 2023 at 2:33 AM
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GO YOU GOOD THINGS

"Labour’s latest Talbot Mills internal poll has National on 35 per cent, Labour on 30 per cent, the Greens on 13 per cent, Act on 8 per cent, NZ First on 6 per cent, and Te Pati Maori on 4 per cent.

It means the left bloc has overtaken the right, with 47% to 43%." #nzpol
October 13, 2023 at 3:20 AM
One voice often overlooked “youth crime” discussions is the voice of young people themselves. Here they share their powerful message: “What you call ‘the system,’ we call ‘our childhood’… Please do not bury us in places where we cannot grow” voyce.org.nz/rangatira-op...
Care Experienced Rangatira write open letter to political leaders
Open Letter to political leaders, we are not your political football!  Care Experienced Rangatira speak out.. *begins* Let’s be real. This has been an overwhelming election period. As such, the...
voyce.org.nz
October 12, 2023 at 6:10 PM
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vote, you little shits. vote because

- your landlord will vote
- your boss will vote
- every nasty little greedy bitcoin bro who thinks women should be assigned to men for sex will vote
- anti abortionists will vote
- evangelist christians will vote
- your racist uncle will vote

FUCKING VOTE
October 12, 2023 at 10:28 AM
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I hosted a conversation with Helen Robinsons (Auckland City Mission) and Sasha Lockley (Money Sweetspot) on poverty, economy etc. Two incredible women with some hard truths. youtu.be/pPVec8Ga84s?...
Seeds Conference: Poverty & the Economy: Manuka Room 1, session 4
Shamubeel Eaqub was in conversation with a panel on the economy and how we actually (practically) help the poor out of povertyShamubeel Eaqub*, economist and...
youtu.be
October 11, 2023 at 8:11 PM