Independent and Peaceful Australia Network (IPAN) www.ipan.org.au MEDIA RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 7 February 2019 Australia must condemn United States sanctions and threats of military intervention in Venezuela · Venezuelans have the right to decide who governs Continue reading Hands off Venezuela – 7th February, 2019
The International Peace Bureau has issued an urgent statement on the threatened withdrawal of the US from the Intermediate Range Nuclear Missile Treaty, signed in 1987 IPB Statement INF Treaty at threat: Prevent a 21st century nuclear arms race On Continue reading Abandonment of Intermediate Range Nuclear Missile Treaty is a threat to us all
WAIHOPAI SPYBASE PROTEST SATURDAY JANUARY 26th ·WAIHOPAI WORKS FOR DONALD TRUMP People from all around New Zealand will be converging on the super-secret Waihopai satellite interception spybase, in Marlborough, on Saturday January 26th. We will be at the Waihopai Continue reading WAIHOPAI NZ SPYBASE PROTEST
Posted on 15 January 2019 We are a nation in denial that we are ‘joined at the hip’ to a dangerous ally that is becoming even more dangerous with the increasing privatisation of the US ‘war complex’ The complex is less Continue reading JOHN MENADUE. Joined at the hip to a very dangerous ally that is almost always at war. An update
ROBERT D KAPLAN. The case for leaving Afghanistan (The New York Times International Edition). Posted on 9 January 2019 on Pearls and Irritations blog America is spending beyond its means on a mission that might only be helping its strategic Continue reading The case for leaving Afghanistan, Robert Kaplan, NY Times International, 9 Jan 2019
Voice Number 24, January 2019
Posted on 27 December 2018 The Mission of the Australian Defence Force is to defend Australia and its national interests. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 2018 Report assesses that climate change presents a global ‘risk to heath, livelihoods, food security, water supply, human security and Continue reading CHRIS MILLS. Australian Defence Organisation Combats Climate Change Effects in Australia.
There are said to be no votes in defence or foreign affairs in Australia. Years of bipartisanship on both, and an Alliance that is unquestionable, have disempowered debate. The time for change may be in 2019. The ALP national conference Continue reading Most favoured notions just take time, Alison Broinowski, 21 December 2018
Stand with Okinawa against the Henoko US military base. There are protests happening in the US – We can support the Okinawan community by lodging our protest by phone. Ph. Japanese Embassy: 02) 6273 3244 (Monday to Friday 9:00 am Continue reading Please call the Japanese ambassador to protest the building of the Henoko US military base.
14 December 2018 MEDIA RELEASE Government wrong to dismiss concerns on Submarines program – savings could address Continue reading Government wrong to dismiss concerns on Submarines program – savings could address urgent social needs. 14 December 2018
Voice No 23 Dec 2018
BEVAN RAMSDEN. Caught in the middle of US-China contention, Australia sides with the US in their efforts to contain and keep China out of the Western Pacific.
CALL TO ACTION AGAINST APRIL 4, 2019 NATO SUMMIT IN WASHINGTON DC The Coalition Against U.S. Foreign Military Bases joins in the calls to action made by the United National Antiwar Coalition (UNAC), World BEYOND War, and Black Alliance for Continue reading CALL TO ACTION AGAINST APRIL 4, 2019 NATO SUMMIT IN WASHINGTON DC
Honest History, Another wrinkle on why the Australian War Memorial will not commemorate the frontier wars. David Stephens
Irresponsible Australian mining in the Philippines persists By Reyvi Mariñas In 2008, I met Manoy Tony, an elder from the island of Rapu-Rapu in Bicol region, and Frances Quimpo, from the Centre for Environmental Concerns in the Philippines (CEC), in Continue reading Irresponsible Australian mining in the Philippines persists, Reyvi Mariñas, 12 November 2018
