United Action Committee for the Opening Day of Parliament :Make May 15th a day of national protest. If you disagree with the policies of the government, join in a demonstration to coincide with the opening of parliament - THEY will change nothing unless WE force them to! Thursday May 15th, 12 noon - assemble in Quay Street. [Auckland], Mercury Printing Co. Ltd [1969]

Date
1969
By
United Action Committee for the Opening Day of Parliament (1969); Mercury Printing Company
Reference
Eph-A-VIETNAM-1969-01
Description

Flier encouraging the public to demonstrate opposition to food price increases, low wages, Harbour Bridge tolls, New Zealand's involvement in Vietnam, membership of SEATO and ANZUS war alliances, OMEGA bases being installed in our country, the proposed All Black tour of New Zealand, the "snooping activities" of the Secret Police, and the government's refusal of a New Zealand-owned shipping line.

The United Action Committee comprised members of the Auckland Vietnam Committee, Amalgamated Society of Railway Workers (Otahuhu), Union of New Zealand Women, Auckland Branch of the NZ Peace Council, Otahuhu Railway Tradesmen's Association, New Zealand Irish Connolly Association, Progressive Youth Movement, Auckland University Socialist Society, New Zealand Medical Aid Committee, Takapuna Vietnam Group, Tamaki Vietnam Group, Henderson Vietnam Committee, South Auckland Vietnam Committee.

Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on flier.

Physical Description: Offset print on flier, 228 x 145 mm.

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1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on flier, Ephemera, Offset photomechanical prints, Protest posters, Offset print on flier, 228 x 145 mm., Orientation: Vertical image
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