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Veteran New Zealand Communist Mike Treen Arrested in Transit to Gaza

Veteran New Zealand Communist Mike Treen Arrested in Transit to Gaza
Mike Treen (L) with Cuban Ambassador Maria Del Carmen. Cuban Embassy, New Zealand
Trevor Loudon
Trevor Loudon
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A New Zealand union official has been detained in Israel with 21 other activists after he took part in an illegal aid convoy to the Gaza Strip in Israel. This is the latest incident in a career of left-wing activism.

Far-Left Auckland-based “Unite Union” leader Mike Treen was arrested alongside other international campaigners on the ship Al Awda, which sailed under the Norwegian flag, on Monday July 30. The union claims Treen was there on a peaceful mission and is working on his behalf to convince the New Zealand Government to intervene.

Trevor Loudon
Trevor Loudon
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Trevor Loudon is an author, filmmaker, and public speaker from New Zealand. For more than 30 years, he has researched radical left, Marxist, and terrorist movements and their covert influence on mainstream politics. He is best known for his book “Enemies Within: Communists, Socialists and Progressives in the U.S. Congress” and his similarly themed documentary film “Enemies Within.”