Bernard Collaery and Witness K – Support STATEMENT August 2020 Invitation to add your name as a supporter of the statement Increasing numbers of ordinary Australians believe that the prosecutions of Witness K and Bernard Collaery are travesties of justice Continue reading Will you support the statement seeking to drop the prosecutions of Bernard Collaery and Witness K?
Pacific Peace Network Media Release Continue reading Pacific Peace Network calls for RIMPAC exercises to be cancelled – Media Release 16 August 2020
Bernard Collaery trial is a highly unusual criminal prosecution After nine months of hearings, seven judgments, and government spending of $2 million, we still know too little about the prosecutions of Bernard Collaery and Witness K. Ian Cunliffe AFR Aug Continue reading Bernard Collaery trial is a highly unusual criminal prosecution, Ian Cunliffe, AFR, 14 Aug 2020
John Pilger ANOTHER HIROSHIMA IS COMING… UNLESS WE STOP IT NOW 3 August 2020 In a major essay to mark the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, John Pilger describes reporting from five ‘ground zeros’ for nuclear weapons Continue reading ANOTHER HIROSHIMA IS COMING… UNLESS WE STOP IT NOW – John Pilger, 3rd August, 2020
A national campaign called “Living Incomes for Everyone” (LIFE) was launched on Tuesday 21 July This National Campaign is building a groundswell movement of all organisations, groups and individuals who are working for economic and social justice for the unemployed, Continue reading “LIFE” – Living Incomes for Everyone campaign
The militarised centre of Australia
Hosted every two years by the US Pacific Fleet, the last Rim of the Pacific Exercise (RIMPAC) in 2018 brought 47 surface ships, five submarines, more than 200 aircraft, and 25,000 military personnel to Hawaii’s lands and waters. This military Continue reading Pacific wide discussion on the RIMPAC exercises – see it here
Paul Daley: Militarisation of Australian History Speech published with kind permission of Medical Association for Prevention of war.. For a link to the speech on the MAPW Website, see here. Guardian columnist, journalist, novelist and playwright Paul Daley was MAPW’s Continue reading MILITARISM: AUSTRALIA’S FOUNDATIONAL MYTH by Paul Daley
SUE WAREHAM. Healthcare Not Warfare Posted on 6 April 2020 Australia should support the UN Secretary General’s call for a global ceasefire. There are steps that our nation could take in the very short term and beyond to prioritise healthcare Continue reading Dr Sue Wareham, Healthcare not warfare, Pearls and Irritations, 6 April 2020
Voice-No-39-Apr-2020
https://mondoweiss.net/2020/03/an-unlikely-nemesis/ An unlikely nemesis Maybe it figures that the people who successfully sold otherwise-intelligent Americans on the notion that their army (the Israeli Defense Force) was “the most moral army in history” could in the end be brought down by Continue reading Netanyahu and others being sued for war crimes in the US, 20 March 2020
Learning from a crisis
How the U.S. Military Churns Out More Greenhouse Gas Emissions Than Entire Countries The Pentagon is the world’s biggest consumer of fossil fuels—and agent of climate change. By Luke Darby September 13, 2019 USAf/Getty Images When CNN hosted a climate-change Continue reading How the US military churns out more greenhouse gas emissions than entire countries
MEDIA RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 23 December 2019 Bushfires a National Security Threat Bushfires in Australia a real national security issue in contrast to talked up threats of hostile nations in our region Climate change a significant cause of the Continue reading Bushfires a national security threat – IPAN Media release December 23 2019
speakers at 4th July Public Forum in Melbourne – Keep Australia Out of U.S. wars: Time for our Independence, Fiona McCandless, member of IPAN and unionist, spoke on the disastrous impact on people and the environment in countries hosting foreign Continue reading 4th July talks by Fiona McCandless and Dr Vince Scappatura
