40 high school students, their teachers and six professional artists gathered in Brisbane on August 16th to discuss, debate and develop their own public voice on nuclear disarmament, and on the Australian Government policy of not signing the UN nuclear Continue reading Successful Brisbane student workshop on “a voice on nuclear disarmament”
Expanding the government’s export plan will be a key focus for new Defence Industry Minister Steven Ciobo, who will build on his experience as minister for trade, tourism and investment. …. Minister Ciobo said, “Last year I worked closely with Christopher Continue reading New Federal Defence Industry Minister plans larger role for Australia as a gun runner to the world.
Military Parade Cancelled: How Does Peace Movement Build On This Victory?
Base Nation: How U.S. Military Bases Abroad Harm America and the World by David Vine American military bases encircle the globe. More than two decades after the end of the Cold War, the U.S. still stations its troops at nearly Continue reading List of references and links to books on US bases
BEVAN RAMSDEN. The Force Posture Agreement between the U.S. and Australian Governments
By Mari Yamaguchi Tokyo: Tens of thousands of protesters in Okinawa vowed to stop the planned relocation of a U.S military base, saying they want it off the southern Japanese island entirely. Opponents of the relocation say the plan to Continue reading Tens of Thousands rally for removal of US Okinawa Base, SMH, 12 August 2018
Stephens, David: Australian War Memorial consults the public on mooted massive extensions: is anything ‘sacred’? Open for Comments ↓ David Stephens* ‘Australian War Memorial consults the public on mooted massive extensions: is anything “sacred”?’, Honest History, 3 August 2018 The Continue reading Is anything ‘sacred’, David Stephens, Honest History, Have your say re the War Memorial expansion proposals, 5 August 2018
KATHRYN KELLY. Armed Neutrality for Australia? Pearls and Irritations , 16 July 2018 The talks between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-Un give some reason for a glimmer of hope for the Korean Peninsula, but given Donald Trump’s predilection for middle Continue reading Armed Neutrality for Australia? Kathryn Kelly, Pearls and Irritations, 16 July 2018
LIZZIE O’SHEA. Witness K and foreign interference hypocrisy (Eureka Street 2/7/2018)
Mondoweiss The ‘One Democratic State Campaign’ program for a multicultural democratic state in Palestine/Israel Jeff Halper May 3, 2018 As the Leonard Cohen song goes, “everybody knows” the two-state solution is dead and gone. Zionism’s 120-year quest to Judaize Palestine Continue reading Palestine-Israel: The One Democratic State Campaign, Jeff Halper, Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions
An IPAN South-West Victoria Regional Group was recently established in May in Warrnambool and Portland – two major regional centres in south-west Victoria. Local residents, Gillian Blair and Julie Hart, invited Shirley Winton, Victorian coordinator of the Independent and Peaceful Continue reading IPAN South-West Victoria Regional Group established in Warrnambool and Portland – May 2018
SUE WAREHAM. How the Australian War Memorial has lost its way.
The Job Opportunity Cost of War – Heidi Garrett Peltier Military spending by the federal government is often considered a vital support to employment and economic recovery. However, military spending creates fewer jobs than the same amount of money would Continue reading Don’t Buy into War – military spending creates fewer jobs than the same amount of money would have, if invested in other sectors.
If you’ve not read or heard Richard Flanagan’s brilliant address last week to the National Press Club – and have the time, it’s very much worth it. It addresses issues very relevant to Anzac Day, including aboriginal dispossession, our increasing Continue reading Brilliant speech by Richard Flanagan at the Press Club, 18 April 2018 – ANZAC Day, Indigenous Justice, democracy
Parliamentary Debate on War long overdue – Dr Sue Wareham, President MAPW – Canberra Times, Tuesday 21 March, 2018 Dr Wareham is also the Secretary of Australians for War Powers Reform, a campaign which IPAN strongly supports. To find out Continue reading Parliamentary Debate on War long overdue – Dr Sue Wareham, President MAPW
