The Turnbull Government’s plan to give weapons manufacturers $3.8 billions of taxpayers’ funds is being blasted by workers involved in the Don’t Buy Into War campaign. Peace and Justice is Union Business, which includes unions and rank-and-file union members, says Continue reading Media Release – War subsidies a cruel joke, 31 January 2018
Listen here to the 3CR Earth Matters program (30 minutes) ‘War costs the Earth’, with MAPW President, Dr Sue Wareham OAM and IPAN ACT national coordinating committee member, Kathryn Kelly. Broadcast 25 March 2018
Coalition Against US Foreign Military Bases A new international coalition against US and any foreign military bases has recently been formed with a conference in January 2018 in Baltimore, USA. This is an exciting development and we aim to be Continue reading International Coalition Against US Foreign Military Bases
Australia should be a nation that leads the world in promoting peace not war Government expenditure on health, education or transport will provide more jobs growth than an equivalent expenditure on the Defence industry The Independent and Peaceful Australia Network Continue reading Don’t buy into war: Turnbull Government rushing in the wrong direction with arms industry – Media release 29 January 2018
https://croakey.org/amid-fears-of-an-escalating-nuclear-threat-the-media-is-failing-in-its-duty-to-the-public/
‘A really big deal’: New York City’s fossil fuel divestment could spur global shift Economists say city’s status as financial and cultural giant means move to sever ties with fossil fuel will catalyze others in US and around the world Continue reading New York City to Divest from Fossil Fuels – Guardian 12 Jan 2018
Largest Dutch pension fund to divest from nuclear weapons 11 Jan 2018 ⋅ by Maaike Beenes ⋅ The largest Dutch pension fund, the civil servants fund ABP, has decided to end its investments in producers of nuclear weapons. ABP has Continue reading Largest Dutch pension fund to divest from nuclear weapons – 11 Jan 2018
War on the Cheap, by Alison Broinwoski, 6 January 2018 at the Pearls and Irritations blog.
Following is a good history of the Palestine-Israel situation TRUMP AND JERUSALEM: THE TRUTH EXPOSED Posted By: Chief Bandicoot 10/12/2017 ■ The Orbiting Eye provides the facts you need to understand the Jerusalem crisis. Jerusalem is not the capital of Israel Continue reading Trump and Jerusalem: The Truth Exposed, 10 Dec 2017
Booklet: The nuclear weapons ban treaty November 28, 2017 Nuclear weapons threaten the very survival of humanity and our entire living planet. Their effects transcend national boundaries and span generations. They are immoral, illegitimate and now – at long last Continue reading Booklet: The Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty: ICAN, November 28, 2017
A Sledgehammer for a Walnut: Pearls and Irritations, Ross Gwyther, 7 December 2017
Voice no 11 Dec 2017
Israeli journalist, Gideon Levy’s talk at IPAN-AJPP fundraising dinner, Canberra, 28 November 2017 Scroll down to the ‘Recent’ list of talks and it’s there.
Politicians hold $300m in property, so how should they influence housing policy. The Conversation, 7 August 2014
